Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 18: CAFC Affirms Ineligibility of Machine Learning Claims; EPO's Campinos Issues Opinion on Intervener Appeals; USPTO Ends Climate Mitigation Program
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The Federal Circuit reinforced the rejection of Recentive's patent claims, asserting they pertain to generic machine learning applications lacking a unique inventive concept. This was determined following the Alice/Mayo framework for patent eligibility, which targets abstract ideas. Other noteworthy developments in IP include the UAE's progress in collective rights management and the end of the USPTO's pilot program for climate-related patents, indicating evolving trends in intellectual property across different regions and applications.
On April 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidation of Recentive's patent claims, which were deemed to cover unpatentable generic ideas.
In a significant ruling, the Federal Circuit determined Recentive's claimed technology fell into the abstract idea category, lacking the necessary inventive concept per the Alice/Mayo framework.
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