Federal Circuit Affirms: Data Streaming Patents Ineligible For Protection

(November 2, 2017, 12:47 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Delaware federal judge did not err in deeming a series of patents stemming from continuation applications ineligible for protection under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101, because the patents claim the abstract idea of sending and monitoring the delivery of audio/visual information, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 1 (Two-Way Media Ltd. v. Comcast Cable Communications LLC, et al., No. 16-2531, Fed. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 21706)....