On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit upheld a decision dismissing Recentive's patent infringement suit against Fox Corporation, ruling the claimed AI and machine learning patents were ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Despite overcoming Section 101 rejections at the USPTO, the court found the patents directed to abstract ideas and devoid of an inventive concept. The ruling specifically addresses conventional uses of machine learning, suggesting that merely training a model is insufficient for patent eligibility, complicating the patent landscape for AI technologies.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that Recentive's AI patents were not eligible for patent protection, emphasizing they lacked inventive concepts.
The decision highlights the challenges patent applicants face in framing their technologies as innovative rather than merely employing abstract ideas or generic applications.
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