Alice Corproration Pty. Ltd v. CLS Bank International, et al.
In a unanimous decision issued on June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the patent claims in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd v. CLS Bank International, et al. (“Alice Corp”) are not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. §101. The patents at issue comprise a chain of patents made up of a parent namely, 5,970,479 (‘479) and several CIPs (continuation-in-part). The family of patents is directed toward “Methods and Apparatus Relating to the Formulation and Trading of Risk Management Contracts.” Specifically, the patents disclose a scheme for mitigating “settlement risk,” in which a computer system is used as a third-party intermediary between...
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