Patent claims directed to “providing money or an item of value to an account-holder” and “paying on behalf of a person for money or an item of value” fail the abstract idea test of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, according to a federal district court. Global Cash Access Inc. v. NRT Technology Corp., No. 2:15-cv-00822 […]
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The PTAB Can Be Aggressive in Raising Patent-Eligibility Under Alice
Entering a new ground of rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 101, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, deciding an ex parte appeal, applied Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l. to hold that claims directed to a system and method for “propagating a media item recommendation” were not patent-eligible. Ex parte Svendsen, Appeal 2012-010845; […]