December 04, 2017
A company claiming that the Chicago transit system's touchless payment system violates its patents on Friday asked the full Federal Circuit to reconsider a panel decision invalidating four of its patents as abstract, arguing that the court should clarify the abstractness standard under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice ruling.
October 18, 2017
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling that four patents on mass transit fare payment technology asserted against the Chicago Transit Authority are invalid for claiming abstract ideas, over a passionate dissent arguing the ruling takes the Alice test too far.