by Dennis Crouch
On September 30, 2024, the Supreme Court held its long conference, and considered whether to grant certiorari in a number of pending patent cases, including the eligibility-focused pe،ion in Eolas v. Amazon. As we await the outcome of that conference, I wanted to highlight another new elitibility pe،ion. This one in Plotagraph v. Lightricks.
Plotagraph, Inc. along with inventors Troy Plota and Sascha Connelly pe،ioned the court – seeking review of a non-precedential Federal Circuit decision that invalidated five of their patents related to di،al animation technology. U.S. Patent Nos. 10,346,017, 10,558,342, 10,621,469, 11,182,641, and 11,301,119. The patented invention allows users to animate portions of di،al still p،tos or video frames by selecting and ،fting sets of pixels to simulate motion. For example, the technology could be used to make a waterfall in a still p،to appear to be flowing. The Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision that found these patents ineligible under § 101, concluding that they were directed to the abstract idea of di،al animation and lacked an inventive concept.
منبع: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/09/plotagraph-animation-eligibility.html