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Audio Compression Improvements are Patent-Eligible
The Northern District of California recently held that claims directed to data compression to improve audio signal processing are eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as improvements to computer operation. Hybrid Audio, LLC v. Asus Comput. Int’l, Case No. 3:17-cv-05947-JD (N.D. Cal. Jul. 11, 2019). Hybrid Audio sued Asus for infringement of U.S. Reissue Patent No. RE40,281. The patent is...