Panel Deems Wireless Transmission Patent Ineligible Under Section 101

Mealey's (August 22, 2019, 9:18 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An award of enhanced damages and attorney fees by an Illinois federal judge in connection with patents covering wireless transmission of status information was partly vacated and remanded Aug. 21 by a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which found that one of the two patents in suit is directed to an abstract idea (The Chamberlain Group Inc. v. Techtronic Industries North America Inc., et al., Nos. 18-2103, -2228, Fed. Cir.)....