No. 21-1093

PersonalWeb Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: abstract-idea alice-corp-v-cls-bank computer-implemented-invention computer-implemented-inventions federal-circuit innovation patent-eligibility patent-law technical-field
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. How should courts determine whether a patent for a computer-implemented invention is patent-eligible because it "improve[s] the functioning of the computer itself" or "effect[s] an improvement in any other technology or technical field" under Alice ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

How should courts determine whether a patent for a computer-implemented invention is patent-eligible because it 'improve[s] the functioning of the computer itself' or 'effect[s] an improvement in any other technology or technical field' under Alice?

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-02-17
Waiver of right of respondents Dell Inc. and VMware, Inc. to respond filed.
Main Document
2022-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent Facebook, Inc. to respond filed.
Main Document
2022-02-14
Waiver of right of respondents Google LLC and YouTube, LLC to respond filed.
Main Document
2022-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2022)
PetitionProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count

Attorneys

Dell Inc. and VMware, Inc.
Cynthia Dawn Vreeland — Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Respondent
Facebook, Inc.
Heidi Lyn Keefe — Cooley, LLP, Respondent
Google LLC and YouTube, LLC
Dan L. Bagatell — Perkins Coie LLP, Respondent
PersonalWeb Technologies LLC
Lawrence M. Hadley — Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, Petitioner