Electronic Document Signature Is Not A Patentable Idea, Federal Circuit Rules

(July 8, 2024, 2:38 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal trial court did not err in finding that a system and method for embedding a written signature into a secure electronic document is unpatentable because the idea is directed to an abstract idea and fails to contain and inventive concept, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in affirming the trial court’s judgment....