DIGITECH IMAGE TECHNOLOGIES v. ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. (Fed. Cir. 2014) (P) – Manipulating existing information to generate additional information is not by itself patentable

by | Jul 11, 2014 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility

“Without additional limitations, a process that employs mathematical algorithms to manipulate existing information to generate additional information is not patent eligible.” Tying the manipulation to an underlying data structure—even one that is technological in...

ALICE CORP. v. CLS BANK INT’L (S. Ct. 2014) (P) – Generic-computer-implemented (well-known) abstract ideas not patent-eligible

by | Jun 19, 2014 | [sub] Alice step one, [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility

A wholly generic computer-implementation that does not “purport to improve the functioning of the computer itself” or “effect an improvement in any other technology or technical field” is insufficient to transform an abstract idea into a patent-eligible invention...