In Blow To Google, Federal Circuit Partly Reverses Patent Ineligibility Holding

Mealey's (October 17, 2022, 12:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although a federal judge in New York correctly declared two location history and tracking patents asserted against Google LLC ineligible for patenting, allegations the software giant infringed two other patents will proceed because those patents provide “a specific solution to an Internet-centric problem,” a divided Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled....