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  1. June 04, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Judges' Plea To Reps Shows Patent-Eligibility Angst

    An unusual opinion by two Federal Circuit judges urging Congress to clarify the law on patent eligibility echoes widespread frustration in patent circles with the muddled jurisprudence on the subject and adds to a growing push for a legislative solution, attorneys say.

  2. May 31, 2018

    Full Fed. Circ. Won't Eye Rulings That Raised Bar On Alice

    The full Federal Circuit voted Thursday not to rehear two cases seen as making it harder to invalidate patents for claiming ineligible material under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test, saying the holdings that patent eligibility can involve factual issues follow established litigation rules.

  3. March 29, 2018

    HP Ruling Doesn't Disrupt Alice, Inventor Tells Fed. Circ.

    HP Inc. is overreacting by arguing that a recent Federal Circuit ruling makes it harder for courts to invalidate patents early under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice ruling, as the decision only applies to one case with a specific set of circumstances, the inventor of the patent in question said Thursday.

  4. March 13, 2018

    HP Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Undo Limits On Quick Alice Wins

    HP Inc. told the full Federal Circuit on Monday that a panel decision last month making it more difficult for courts to invalidate patents early in a case for claiming only abstract ideas "creates a serious conflict" with prior decisions and will make patent cases more complex and expensive.

  5. February 13, 2018

    Quick Alice Wins May Be Tougher After Fed. Circ. Ruling

    The days of patents regularly being invalidated under Alice early in a case could be over following a Federal Circuit decision that a judge wrongly granted summary judgment that a patent claimed only abstract ideas, attorneys say, and the contentious issue may now go to juries.

  6. February 08, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Says Judge Jumped Gun In Giving Alice Win To HP

    The Federal Circuit ruled Thursday that a lower court wrongly found part of a digital file archiving patent HP is accused of infringing to be invalid as abstract, holding that the case involved factual issues that the judge should not have resolved on summary judgment.

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