Federal Circuit: ITC Erred In Alice Analysis Of Diamond Drill Bit

( February 14, 2025, 10:45 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — A panel of the Federal Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 13 reversed a finding by the U. S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that a synthetic diamond company’s patent was directed at ineligible abstract ideas, instructing the ITC to reconsider its resolution to a case brought by the company against entities it said imported materials that infringed the patent. . . .