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In 2014's Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l case, Justice Thomas famously wrote, "we need not labor to delimit the precise contours of the 'abstract ideas' category in this case." Instead, he found the ...

The Court should grant the petition for certiorari filed by USAA in USAA v. PNC Bank on January 14, 2026. That will allow the ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A realistic first idea might not be as creative as an abstract second one, new research shows. “Evaluating creativity is difficult,” ...

Michelangelo reportedly said the job of every sculptor is to discover the statue inside the stone, then work around it. Liberate the form. But for those of us who lack such exacting creative vision, ...

A suit contending Meta infringed on a social media user identity verification patent was dismissed by a California judge, who concluded the claims were merely abstract ideas. The July 31 opinion, ...

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