In Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc., Case No. 19-1506 (Fed. Cir. May 11, 2021) (Reyna, J.), the Federal Circuit held claims toward a system for delivering relevant advertisements.
On March 15, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a new Motion to Amend (MTA) Pilot Program. The Pilot Program gave patent owners an option to (1).
Tracking with this era’s continuation and uncertainty trends ― global supply chain disruption, innovation outpacing legislation, the unstoppable internet of things ― 2022 is expected to be another busy year in the world of patent litigation.
Tracking with this era’s continuation and uncertainty trends ― global supply chain disruption, innovation outpacing legislation, the unstoppable internet of things ― 2022 is expected to be another busy year in the world of patent litigation.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that targeted advertising is still an abstract idea and that a system providing targeted advertising must utilize something more than generic features and routine functions to be eligible for patent protection.
Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc., Case No. 19-1506 (Fed. Cir. May 11, 2021) (Reyna, J.)
Free Stream Media, d.b.a. Samba, owns a patent directed to “a system providing a mobile phone user with targeted information (
i.e., advertisements) that is deemed relevant to the user based on data gathered from the user’s television.” The system has three main components: (1) a networked device (