Tag: machine learning
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Recentive v. Fox: Generic Machine Learning in a New Field Is Not Patent Eligible
In Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., No. 23-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2025), the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a patent infringement suit on § 101 grounds, holding that Recentive’s asserted patents were directed to ineligible subject matter. The court concluded that the patents merely applied well-known machine learning techniques to the new…
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Patent Battles in Wearable Tech: AliveCor v. Apple and the Fight Over Arrhythmia Detection
On March 7, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in AliveCor, Inc. v. Apple Inc., upholding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling that invalidated AliveCor’s patents on heart rate monitoring technology. The case has significant implications for the wearable technology industry, particularly in the areas of patentability,…