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Internet Advertising Click-Fraud
PTAB in CBM Kills Internet Advertising Click-Fraud Patent
Claims of a patent directed to detecting internet advertising click-fraud were eligible for Covered Business Method (CBM) Review, and moreover were patent-ineligible under the Mayo/Alice test and 35 U.S.C. § 101, said the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a Final Written Decision in Google, Inc. v. Zuili, CBM2016-00008 (Patent 8,671,057 B1) (PTAB April 24, 2017.) The title of...