30 Cited authorities

Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International
573 U.S. 208 (2014) Cited 1,353 times 505 Legal Analyses
Holding ineligible patent claims directed to the concept of "intermediated settlement," i.e., the use of a third party to mitigate the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation
Bilski v. Kappos
561 U.S. 593 (2010) Cited 802 times 158 Legal Analyses
Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible
Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp.
822 F.3d 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2016) Cited 690 times 118 Legal Analyses
Holding that claims to self-referential tables that allowed for more efficient launching and adaptation of databases were not directed to an abstract idea
Fleming v. Pickard
581 F.3d 922 (9th Cir. 2009) Cited 770 times
Holding that judgment on the pleadings is properly granted “when there is no issue of material fact in dispute, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law”
Electric Power Group, LLC v. Alstom S.A.
830 F.3d 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2016) Cited 502 times 38 Legal Analyses
Holding that claims directed to "a process of gathering and analyzing information of a specified content, then displaying the results, and not any particular assertedly inventive technology for performing those functions" are directed to an abstract idea
DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P.
773 F.3d 1245 (Fed. Cir. 2014) Cited 511 times 92 Legal Analyses
Holding claims on maintaining website look-and-feel patent-eligible because claims were "necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks"
Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC
772 F.3d 709 (Fed. Cir. 2014) Cited 485 times 47 Legal Analyses
Holding that displaying an advertisement in exchange for access to copyrighted material is an abstract idea
BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC
827 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2016) Cited 450 times 55 Legal Analyses
Holding claims eligible at step two because the claims recited a "technical improvement over prior art ways of filtering ... content" that "improve the performance of the computer system itself"
TLI Communications LLC v. AV Automotive, L.L.C.
823 F.3d 607 (Fed. Cir. 2016) Cited 393 times 23 Legal Analyses
Holding that claims directed to a method for recording digital images on a telephone were not directed to an improvement to computer functionality because "they are directed to the use of conventional or generic technology in a nascent but well-known environment" without "describ[ing] a new telephone, a new server, or a new physical combination of the two" or "any technical details for the tangible components"
Turner v. Cook
362 F.3d 1219 (9th Cir. 2004) Cited 533 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that court judgments are not transactions under the FDCPA; a transaction under the FDCPA must involve some kind of business dealing or consensual obligation
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 344,310 times 920 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 112 - Specification
35 U.S.C. § 112 Cited 7,263 times 1020 Legal Analyses
Requiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it
Section 101 - Inventions patentable
35 U.S.C. § 101 Cited 3,387 times 2184 Legal Analyses
Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."

Fitbit Inc. v. AliphCom et al.

30 Cited authorities

Holding ineligible patent claims directed to the concept of "intermediated settlement," i.e., the use of a third party to mitigate the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation

Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible

Holding that claims to self-referential tables that allowed for more efficient launching and adaptation of databases were not directed to an abstract idea

Holding that judgment on the pleadings is properly granted “when there is no issue of material fact in dispute, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law”

Holding that claims directed to "a process of gathering and analyzing information of a specified content, then displaying the results, and not any particular assertedly inventive technology for performing those functions" are directed to an abstract idea

Holding claims on maintaining website look-and-feel patent-eligible because claims were "necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks"

Holding that displaying an advertisement in exchange for access to copyrighted material is an abstract idea

Holding claims eligible at step two because the claims recited a "technical improvement over prior art ways of filtering ... content" that "improve the performance of the computer system itself"

Holding that court judgments are not transactions under the FDCPA; a transaction under the FDCPA must involve some kind of business dealing or consensual obligation

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Requiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it

Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."