Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Ineligibility Holding In Longstanding Dispute

Mealey's (February 6, 2018, 12:31 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Feb. 1 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found no error in a California federal judge’s determination that two patents relating to a searchable map of available real estate properties are invalid under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Move Inc., et al. v. Real Estate Alliance Ltd., No. 17-1463, Fed. Cir.)....