manufacturing-process

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-796 Ficep Corporation v. Peddinghaus Corporation Federal Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied abstract-idea alice-test automation fact-issues inventiveness manufacturing-process patent-eligibility subject-matter-eligibility technological-improvement technological-innovation Does a claim directed to patent-eligible subject matter (here, manufacturing) nevertheless become ineligible as 'abstract' if the process is improved …
19-462 A Top New Casting Incorporated v. Bodum USA, Incorporated Seventh Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied apple-v-samsung circuit-split cost-advantage design-simplicity functionality manufacturing-cost manufacturing-costs manufacturing-process materials product-design trade-dress Whether the Seventh Circuit departed from TrafFix in its trade dress functionality analysis