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Analyzing Tweets is Abstract
A method for analyzing text to determine a strength of an opinion is not patent-eligible subject matter under § 101. Isentium, LLC v. Bloomberg Fin. L.P., 17-cv-7601 (PKC) (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 29, 2018). U.S. Patent No. 8,556,056 is directed to a multi-step method for evaluating statements that discuss publicly traded assets to determine whether the statement express a positive, negative, or neutral...
Preview-Based File Sharing Claims Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. §101
In TS Patents LLC v. Yahoo! Inc., No. 17-cv-01721-lhk, (CAND Sept. 1, 2017) the Court applied the two-step Alice analysis and granted Yahoo’s motion to dismiss an infringement suit from TS Patents, finding claims from four asserted patents to be invalid under 35 U.S.C. §101. TS Patents alleged that Yahoo infringed US 9,280,547, (the ’547 patent), US 8,799,473, (the ‘473...
Software’s Capability to Infringe Is Not Patent Infringement
A claim for direct patent infringement could not be sustained where Microsoft software, even under the plaintiff’s theory of infringement, would have required additional user configuration before all claim elements were met. Parallel Networks Licensing LLC v. Microsoft Corp., No. 1-13-cv-02073 (D. Del. April 10, 2017). The court initially granted summary judgment because the plaintiff had been untimely in introducing...