Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is all around us. It allows us to unlock our smartphones with just a glance. It can customise the temperature of our home or recommend television shows based on things we enjoyed watching before. It may soon drive our cars for us. Through the combination of increasing computing power and massive amounts…
In Pictometry International Corp. v. Roofr, Inc., 1-21-cv-01852 (DDE Jan. 19, 2023) (Richard G. Andrews), the court found that plaintiff’s three aerial roof measurement patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter and that claim 1 in each of those patents was directed to an abstract idea and therefore granted defendant’s motion to dismiss on those grounds. Patentability…
By Jasmin Jackson (January 25, 2023, 8:08 PM EST) — A New York federal judge has snuffed out a patent owner’s infringement suit against music streaming giant Tidal over a system that generates user-specific playlists, finding that the asserted claims are directed toward an abstract idea and ineligible for patenting…. Stay ahead of the curve…
Huawei has filed a patent application covering an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography scanner, according to UDN. If the company builds such a scanner and achieves decent productivity, uptime, and yields, Chinese chipmakers could produce chips on sub-7nm-class technologies. The only question is when. In mid-November, Huawei filed an application with the State Intellectual Property Office for…
One of the threshold requirements for obtaining a patent under U.S. law is that the invention is a “new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof…” In other words, the subject matter of the invention must be eligible for patenting. Many courts have used this requirement…
Thursday, October 13, 2022 One of the threshold requirements for obtaining a patent under U.S. law is that the invention is a “new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof…” In other words, the subject matter of the invention must be eligible for patenting. Many courts have used…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. U.S. patent law has always recognized the specification as a vitally important component of a patent because it provides the written description of the invention recited in the claims. The specification must meet certain requirements for a patent application…
By Bonnie Eslinger (September 1, 2022, 9:02 PM EDT) — A California federal judge granted Google LLC’s request to invalidate all remaining patent claims in a tech startup’s infringement suit against the search company over online advertising technology, finding some weren’t supported by the court’s claim construction and others were either unpatentable or invalid. As…
The following arguments will be available to the public live. Access information will be available by 9 AM ET each day of argument at: https://cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/listen-to-oral-arguments/. Monday, August 1, 2022 Arendi S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics Inc., No. 21-1967, Courtroom 201 Arendi appeals from a District of Delaware decision granting LG’s motion to dismiss. In 2012, Arendi…
“The Dobbs decision demonstrates that, in the absence of any language in the Constitution, the courts have no authority to rewrite statutory language except under extraordinary circumstances.” For anyone surprised about the Supreme Court refusing certiorari in the America Axle v. Neapco case after the Department of Justice (DOJ) (aided by the Solicitor’s Office of…
