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Internet Advertising Claims
Can Internet Advertising Claims Ever Be Patent-Eligible?
One should never say never in the constantly-evolving world of patent-eligibility law, but a recent case demonstrates the perhaps insurmountably steep obstacles faced by patent claims directed to Internet advertising under the Mayo/Alice test and 35 U.S.C. § 101. In Quantum Stream Inc. v. Charter Communications, Inc., No. 17 Civ. 1696 (PAE) (SDNY March 1, 2018), the court granted a...