California Federal Judge: 4 Asserted Patents Claim Ineligible Subject Matter

(September 5, 2017, 3:34 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Sept. 1 granted Yahoo! Inc. dismissal of allegations that the search engine infringed four patents, after determining that each of the patents runs afoul of Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101 (TS Patents LLC v. Yahoo! Inc., No. 17-1721, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 142573)....