After perhaps getting lucky in the judge they drew, lawyers for a group of airlines defeated a patent case in the Eastern District of Texas on Wednesday by invoking recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on patent-eligible subject matter.
Sitting by designation in U.S. district court in Marshall, Texas, Judge William Bryson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed patent infringement claims that Loyalty Conversion Systems Corporation brought against nine major U.S.-based airlines. Bryson ruled that LCSC’s patents related to converting frequent flyer miles describe a “familiar business practice” and are therefore invalid under Section 101 of the Patent Act, which outlines what sort of subject matter is eligible for patent protection.
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