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Real Estate Software Patent: User Action Steps Prevent Direct Infringement

Real Estate Software Patent: User Action Steps Prevent Direct Infringement

By Eric Waltmire on March 25, 2013

Move, Inc. v. Real Estate Alliance Ltd., Dkt. No. 2012-1342 (Fed. Cir. March 4, 2013) Move sought declaratory judgement of non-infringement of two of Real’s patents, U.S. 5,032,989 and U.S. 4,870,576. Real counterclaimed  that Move’s “Search by Map” and “Search by Zip Code” website functions infringed the patents. The district court issued summary judgement of [...]

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New Manifestly Evident Test Maintains Broad View of Patent Eligible Subject Matter

New Manifestly Evident Test Maintains Broad View of Patent Eligible Subject Matter

By Eric Waltmire on July 21, 2012

CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation, Dkt No. 2011-1301 (Fed Cir. July 9, 2012) [11-1301 Opinion].  CLS sued Alice for declaratory judgement that  U.S. Patent No. 5,970,479, 6,912,510, 7,149,720, and 7,725,375 owned by Alice were invalid, unenforceable, or otherwise not infringed. The district court held that each of Alice’ s patents were invalid under section [...]

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“For” Interpreted as Must Perform v. Capable of Performing

“For” Interpreted as Must Perform v. Capable of Performing

By Eric Waltmire on February 24, 2012

Typhoon Touch v. Dell Inc., et al., Dkt. No. 2009-1589 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 4, 2011). Typhoon sued Dell, Lenovo, San Due Ventures, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Apple, and HTC alleging infringement of US Pat. Nos. 5,379,057 and 5,675,362, each patent directed to a portable computer with touch screen. The appeals court reviewed the district courts finding [...]

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Sufficient Computer Structure Disclosure for Means-Plus-Function Elements

Sufficient Computer Structure Disclosure for Means-Plus-Function Elements

By Eric Waltmire on February 20, 2012

HTC Corp v. IPCom GMBH, Dkt. No. 2011-1004 (Fed. Cir. Jan 30, 2012) [PDF]. HTC sue IPcom for declaratory judgement of non-infringement of IPCom’s Patents, including U.S. Pat. No. 6,879,830 and IPCom countersued for infringement. The ’830 patent is directed to the handover of a cellular phone from one base (tower) to another, as for example, [...]

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Method of Monetizing Copyrighted Content on Internet is Patent-Eligible

Method of Monetizing Copyrighted Content on Internet is Patent-Eligible

By Eric Waltmire on December 31, 2011

Ultramercial v. Hulu and Wildtangent, Dkt. No. 2010-1544 (Fed. Cir. Sept 15, 2011) [PDF]. Update: WildTangent appealed to U.S. Supreme Court and The Court vacated the Federal Circuit’s decision discussed below and remanded the case the Federal Circuit to consider in light of Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 566 U. S. ___ (2012). [...]

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