Morsa v. Facebook, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Lee v. City of Los Angeles · Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach · Diamond v. Diehr
Most-quoted passages
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“contrary positions ... with respect to patents not at issue in this case ... before another tribunal do not permit this Court to confer patent eligibility on otherwise ineligible subject matter.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Court should view Facebook's arguments as to the claims' abstractness with 'extreme skepticism' in light of allegedly contrary positions Facebook has taken before the Patent Office with respect to patents not at issue in the case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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