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In yesterday’s iCharts v. Tableau Software case (nonprecedential), the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s finding of patent ineligibility on a motion for judgment on the pleadings. This case is a great example of the Federal Circuit using “functionally drafted” as its own abstract-idea category, even when involving new functionality. This case involved three related…
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Here is my article as published today by IP360.
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The next installment of my continuing webinar series on 35 U.S.C. § 101 (since 2014) will take place on August 6. Due to popular demand, this is the fourth webinar this year. This webinar will be a masterclass where we will cover the Federal Circuit caselaw’s nuances, inconsistencies, and outlier cases as well as the conflicts…
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https://www.iam-media.com/article/squires-opens-new-ptab-escape-route-patent-owners-in-parallel-litigation
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I’m providing some of my slides from my webinar yesterday on the patent eligibility of machine learning. These slides include an updated list of abstract ideas found by the Federal Circuit as well as the slides for the Electric Power Group (EPG) line of cases. The EPG section includes Recentive, RPI, and Ollnova, which is…