Pixel Shifting Method Is Ineligible For Patenting, Federal Circuit Affirms

(January 22, 2024, 2:06 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Allegations of infringement leveled against the maker of an app that allows users to animate pixels were correctly rejected by a federal judge in Texas because “changing the position of components in an image to create the appearance of movement, i.e., animation” is “clearly an abstract idea,” the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 22....