Essociate, Inc. v. Clickbooth.com, LLC

  1. March 11, 2016

    Fed. Circ. Affirms Axing Of Web Referral Patent Under Alice

    A Federal Circuit panel unanimously affirmed the invalidation of a Web referral system patent nixed under the Supreme Court's Alice standard in a one-sentence order Friday, two days after oral arguments in the case.

  2. March 09, 2016

    Fed. Circ. Skeptical Of Arguments To Restore Web Patent

    Federal Circuit judges Wednesday grilled the inventor of a web referral patent nixed under the Supreme Court's Alice decision about whether any aspect of the system could satisfy the high court's standard that patents cannot be granted to abstract concepts.