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FENTON, Mo., April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ This news release is being issued to provide notice about a data security incident affecting certain employees and their spouses who are enrolled in Maritz Holdings Inc. s ( Maritz ) employer-sponsored health plan (the Plan ).
On March 8, 2021, Maritz discovered that on the same day, an email that included a file containing the personal information of certain of its employees and their spouses was inadvertently sent to other employees of Maritz. The information included in the incident related to the employees enrollment in the Plan and included their name, address, date of birth, other work-related demographic information and certain health insurance identification numbers. In some instances, the information also included the name, date of birth and gender of the employee s spouse. The file did not include any Social Security Numbers, financial information, or medical information.
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cxLoyalty, Inc. v. Maritz Holdings Inc., Nos. 2020-1307, 1309 (February 8, 2021), the Federal Circuit found both original and substitute claims in a covered business method review ineligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
cxLoyalty filed a petition for covered business method review, challenging claims 1–15 of U.S. Patent No. 7,134,087, owned by Maritz. The ’087 patent claimed a system and method that automates the process of redeeming credit card loyalty points for rewards. Instead of requiring human participation, as in traditional systems, the ’087’s system uses computer-based interfaces to streamline the process.
The Board found all challenged claims were patent ineligible because they related to an abstract idea under 35 U.S.C. § 101. But the Board found no such issue with Maritz’s substitute claims, 16–23, deeming them patent-eligible. cxLoyalty appealed the Board’s ruling on the substitute claims; Mar