Mealey's (March 9, 2020, 12:45 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a March 6 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed findings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that various claims of a patented system of data management and processing run afoul of Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101, by claiming the abstract idea of using a computer to deliver targeted advertising (Customedia Technologies LLC v. Dish Network Corporation, et al., Nos. 18-2239, 19-1000, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 7005)....