US Federal Circuit unanimously affirmed U.S. District Judge James V. Selna’s ruling confirming the unpatentability and invalidity of Essociate’s patent. Last February, Crakmedia won the first round of a hard-fought patent battle filed by Essociate, Inc. Essociate claimed Crakmedia was infringing on their patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,804,660. Their patent described a method and system for…

Federal Circuit Affirms Axing of Web Referral Patent Under Alice.  (Law360 March 11, 2016).  On March 11, 2016, the Federal Circuit affirmed judgment of invalidity in favor of Davidson Law Group client Crakmedia, finding that Plaintiff Essociate Inc. had used its e-commerce patent to claim an abstract idea that was ineligible for patenting under the…