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IP Alerts: Federal Circuit Addresses Subject Matter Eligibility of Claims Involving Generic Machine Learning

On April 18, in Recentive Analytics, Inc., v. Fox Corp., which presented a question of first impression, the Federal Circuit held that claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine ...
JD Supra

Federal Circuit: Machine Learning Patents Fail Section 101 Patent Eligibility Challenge

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. (April 18, 2025) has garnered a lot of attention. This is not surprising: It hits on hot topics such as machine learning ...
IPWatchdog

SCOTUS Scraps Recentive’s Petition Seeking Clarity on Eligibility for Machine Learning Claims

“On appeal, the CAFC agreed that ‘the patents are directed to the abstract idea of using a generic machine learning technique in a particular environment, with no inventive concept’.” The U.S. Supreme ...
Law

Training Alone Is Not Enough: Lessons From 'Recentive' and USPTO AI Examples on Patent Eligible Machine-Learning Claims

The Recentive decision exemplifies the Federal Circuit’s skepticism toward claims that dress up longstanding business problems in machine-learning garb, while the USPTO’s examples confirm that ...
IPWatchdog

Fox Succeeds in Scrapping Machine Learning Claims at CAFC Under 101

“[T]he only thing the claims disclose about the use of machine learning is that machine learning is used in a new environment.” – CAFC The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on ...