The Federal Circuit's Heavy Lifting on Automation Patents
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The Federal Circuit's Heavy Lifting on Automation Patents
by Dennis Crouch In a decision that should provide welcome clarity for mechanical device patents, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of patent infringement claims involving automated exercise equipment, holding that claims incorporating an electric motor to automate previously manual dumbbell weight selection are not directed to abstract ideas under Alice step one. PowerBlock Holdings, Inc. v. iFit, Inc., No. 24-1177 (Fed.…
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