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Signal Processing Claims Found to be Patent Eligible By Joseph Herndon — In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Hybrid Audio, LLC sued Visual Land, Inc. for patent infringement with respect to audio signal processing technology used in conjunction with MP3 technologies. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that the…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, in Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc. v. LABOklin GmbH, Senior District Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted a motion for judgment as a matter of law under Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure filed by…
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Claims for Refreshing Phone Display Found Patent Eligible By James Korenchan — Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that claims related to refreshing a phone's display are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In response to an infringement suit brought by Local Intelligence, LLC, Defendants HTC…
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Slot Machine Patent Invalidated As Being Directed to Ineligible Subject Matter By Joseph Herndon — Konami sued High 5 Games for patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,096,869; 8,366,540; 8,662,810; and 8,616,955. The '869 patent, which is entitled "Gaming Machines with Runs of Consecutive Identical Symbols," issued on January 17, 2012, and is the parent…
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Virtual Reality Patents Survive Patent-Eligibility Challenge By James Korenchan — Last week, Judge Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that claims related to virtual reality applications are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Plaintiff Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. (ESPI) accused HTC American, Inc. (HTC) of direct and…
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Video Doorbell Patent Found to Be Patent Eligible By Joseph Herndon — Plaintiff Eyetalk365, LLC sued Defendant Zmodo Technology Corp. for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,432,638, entitled "Communication and Monitoring System," which issued on August 30, 2016. Zmodo moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The patent…
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District Court Throws Out Haptic Feedback Claims on Grounds of Patent Ineligible Subject Matter By James Korenchan — Last week, Judge Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California deemed claims relating to transmission of haptic messages to be directed to an abstract idea and therefore invalid under 35 U.S.C. §…
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Claims Directed to Attenuating Driveline Vibrations Fall Victim to Law of Nature Challenge By James Korenchan — In a striking recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, claims of a vibration attenuation patent were deemed patent ineligible as being directed to laws of nature under 35 U.S.C. § 101 —…
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Claims Directed to Television Survive Abstract Idea Challenge By Joseph Herndon — In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court Northern District of California, involving Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc., claims of a television system patent survived a motion to dismiss under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Plaintiff in this action is…
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By Michael Borella — Wordlogic brought an action against Fleksy in the Northern District of Illinois, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,681,124 and 8,552,984. Flesky moved to dismiss the case under Rule 12(b)(6), on the grounds that the asserted claims lacked subject matter eligibility. Presiding Judge Lefkow of the Northern District denied the motion. Wordlogic…
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