Infringement

In Brief:   Automating how to choose an outfit is not patentable subject matter. Here’s What Happened: Stylitics, Inc.’s is an e-commerce platform that allows its commercial website clients to create aggregated shoppable content. Stylitics’ “Auto-Styler” creates collages of merchandise. It automatically generates a plurality of outfits that conform to one or more styles. It gives […]

In Brief: An inventor can’t claim their invention is invalid after an assignment. Here’s What Happened: Csaba Truckai was one of the named inventors of a device used to treat vaginal bleeding. He and his fellow inventors founded a company called NovaCept, Inc. Csaba and his fellow inventors applied for a patent and then assigned […]