Federal Circuit Says Television Programming Guide Patent Claims Are Ineligible

(September 5, 2024, 1:03 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Patent claims relating to television programming guides for video-on-demand systems are not patent eligible because they are directed to the abstract idea of analyzing, organizing and displaying data and do nothing to transform the abstract idea into something more, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in affirming a federal trial court’s judgment....