Supreme Court of the United States

Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. Cls Bank International

June 19, 2014134 S. Ct. 2347

Summary

The Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit's judgment that Alice Corporation's patents on a computer-implemented intermediated settlement scheme are patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. §101 because they are directed to an abstract idea and add only generic computer implementation.