Thales Visionix Inc. v. US

  1. March 08, 2017

    Fed. Circ. Reverses Alice Win For US In F-35 Helmet Case

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday reversed a decision invalidating a patent on motion tracking technology asserted against the U.S. government in a case over helmet display systems used by F-35 fighter jet pilots, finding that the patent is not directed to an abstract idea.

  2. November 02, 2016

    F-35 Helmet Tech Not Invalid Under Alice, Fed. Circ. Hears

    Thales Visionix Inc. urged a Federal Circuit panel Wednesday to revive a patent infringement suit against the U.S. over helmet-tracking technology used by F-35 fighter pilots, arguing the lower court ignored the innovative elements of the patent in deeming it invalid under the Alice standard.

  3. June 01, 2016

    DOD, Elbit Accused Of Distorting Alice Test On Tracker System

    The owner of a patent for a helmet-mounted tracking system used by F-35 fighter pilots told the Federal Circuit that the U.S. military and Elbit Systems are overstretching the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test to argue the unpatentability of the technology, countering that the simple inclusion of mathematics is not enough to render a patent abstract.

  4. May 02, 2016

    DOD Urges Fed. Circ. To Uphold Toss Of F-35 Patent Suit

    The Department of Defense and Elbit Systems have pressed the Federal Circuit not to revive a patent infringement lawsuit over helmet-mounted tracking technology used by F-35 fighter pilots, saying a lower court correctly found the patent ineligible for claiming concepts derived from the laws of physics.

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