By reversing a lower court and declaring that a Samba TV content recommendation patent covers an abstract idea, the Federal Circuit flouted its own precedent limiting when patents can be invalidated under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision, Samba TV has told the full court.
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Federal Circuit Backs Dropbox Win In Data Patent Suit
Law360 (April 26, 2021, 4:39 PM EDT) Dropbox scored a victory in a patent dispute over third-party data processing when the Federal Circuit ruled Monday that the patent asserted against the file-sharing giant was invalid for covering an abstract idea under the U.S. Supreme Court s Alice ruling.
In a 13-page nonprecedential opinion, a three-judge panel affirmed a Delaware federal judge s decision to toss out WhitServe LLC s lawsuit against Dropbox Inc. because WhitServe s patent was invalid for covering the abstract idea of backing up data records.
WhitServe argued that the lower court had merely recited the preamble of a patent claim without analyzing the claim language to find the.
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Full Fed. Circ. Won t Hear Alice Engine-Washing Case
Law360 (February 2, 2021, 3:43 PM EST) The full Federal Circuit has refused to take up a California aviation company s arguments that an earlier decision upholding the validity of two jet engine-washing patents will sow only confusion as to what is considered abstract under the U.S. Supreme Court s Alice ruling.
Monday s denial keeps intact a split panel ruling in October that upheld a California federal court s determination that EcoServices LLC s patents hold up under Alice and that Certified Aviation Services infringed them, leaving untouched a $1.95 million damages award.
The panel had also found that the district court abused its discretion in awarding $175,000 in supplemental damages along.