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Battling Boredom While Building Virtual Cities: PTAB Denies Claims as Patent-Ineligible

Battling Boredom While Building Virtual Cities: PTAB Denies Claims as Patent-Ineligible

by Carl Kukkonen | Jan 15, 2019 | CBMs, Patent Eligible Subject Matter

By Doug Clark and Carl Kukkonen Video game companies occasionally will take to the PTAB, seeking to invalidate each other’s patents.  Mobile game developer Supercell Oy (petitioner) filed a Post Grant Review (“PGR) after learning that the USPTO issued U.S. Pat. No....
Apple v. Ameranth: Federal Circuit Partially Reverses PTAB and Finds All Claims for Electronic Menus Unpatentable

Apple v. Ameranth: Federal Circuit Partially Reverses PTAB and Finds All Claims for Electronic Menus Unpatentable

by Carl Kukkonen | Dec 2, 2016 | CBMs, Federal Circuit Appeal, Patent Eligible Subject Matter

By Carl Kukkonen and Stephanie Brooker On November 29, 2016, in Apple Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc. 15-1703, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) findings of unpatentable independent claims in a Covered Business Method (CBM) review and...
USPTO Issues Memorandum re Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decisions

USPTO Issues Memorandum re Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decisions

by Matthew Johnson | Nov 3, 2016 | Patent Eligible Subject Matter

On November 2nd, the USPTO issued new guidance to Patent Examiners regarding § 101 subject matter eligibility. The memorandum provides guidance based on Federal Circuit decisions issued since the Office’s most recent, May 2016, update. The four page letter...

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