How-to-Practice-Patent-Law-After-Alice

Helios v Spectorsoft (D. Del.)Decided September 18, 2014• Defendant “makes no effort to show that [the asserted abstract ideas]are fundamental truths or fundamental principles the patenting ofwhich would pre-empt the use of basic tools of scientific andtechnological work.”• No support provided that the asserted abstract idea of “remotelymonitoring data associated with an Internet session” or “controlling networkaccess” were fundamental principles in the ubiquitous use of theinternet or computers in general.• Satisfies machine prong of MoT test:• Access configurations and communication protocols that control computernetwork access and monitoring are meaningful limitations that tie the claimedmethod to a machine.• None of the limitations could be performed by a human alone.18