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Gideon Korrell on Why the ’637 Patent Failed Under the Alice Framework

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Although I’m a big fan of Netflix, the 12/18/15 Amici Curiae filing in Netflix v Rofi made a number of good points.  These included:  

“While Alice chose not to provide any guidance on how to identify an “abstract idea,” it certainly did not authorize the vast expansion of the category seen in lower court decisions over the past year. To the extent that “fundamental economic practice[s] long prevalent in our system of commerce” are judicially excluded from patent protection under Alice, “novel” business practices and other “just discovered” methods of organizing human activity are not included within that group.”  I also liked: