No. 20-1412

NetSoc, LLC v. Match Group, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: abstract-idea civil-rights computer-implemented-invention due-process free-speech patent patent-eligibility rating-system social-network standing takings technological-innovation
Key Terms:
Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the addition of a network computer implemented social network, with a novel and unconventional rating system, to a method of organizing human activity per se unpatentable as directed to an abstract idea?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Is the addition of a network computer implemented social network, with a novel and unconventional rating system, to a method of organizing human activity per se unpatentable as directed to an abstract idea? 2. Is a network computer implemented social network an application of an abstract concept, namely the organizing and rating of human activity, to a new and useful end, therefore remaining eligible for patent protection? 3. In 2008, did the creation of a network computer implemented social network with a novel and unconventional rating system transform it into an improved social network that is something concrete and tangible?

Docket Entries

2021-06-14
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
2021-04-23
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, NetSoc, LLC
2021-04-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)

Attorneys

NetSoc, LLC
William Peterson Ramey IIIRamey & Schwaller, LLP, Petitioner