Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter

In re: Board of Trustees of Stanford: “Big Data” Personalized Medicine is an Abstract Idea

In re: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Appeal no. 2020-1012 (Federal Circuit, March 11, 2021) a three judge panel of Prost, Lurie and Reyna affirmed the ruling by the Board of Appeals that the claims of … Continue reading

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Illumina v. Ariosa – Ariosa Petitions for Cert.

The first panel decision below can be found at 952 F.3d 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2020). I posted on this decision on June 1, 2020, days before the Fed. Cir. issued a modified panel decision in August, 967 F.3d 1319 (Fed. … Continue reading

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American Axle & Manufacturing v. Neapco Holdings–Part II

In my first post on American Axle’s Petition for cert., I focused on the substantive arguments of the parties. Almost as interesting is Part 5 of the Petition, in which AA argues that this is a good case for the … Continue reading

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American Axle Petitions for Cert.

You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting since November. I feel like IP law has hunkered down and I find spats over jurisdiction and even the appeal urging the S. Ct. to validate IPR judgeships to be less … Continue reading

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