In Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. ecobee Technologies ULC, sued ecobee over four building automation system patents covering wireless thermostat and HVAC technology, including U.S. Patent No. 7,860,495...
It has been more than a year since Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., was decided in which four Recentive patents covering machine-learning-generated TV broadcast schedules and network maps —...
The global patent system was designed during the Industrial Revolution to reward human ingenuity and foster technological progress. But today, we find ourselves in the midst of an AI revolution,...
In a fresh precedential ruling on January 22, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinforced a difficult truth for software patent owners: describing a “cool result” is not the...
Section 101 of the Patent Act, establishes the foundation for what constitutes patentable subject matter in the United States. The seemingly straightforward language – “Whoever invents or discovers...