On the Patent Eligibility of Graphical User Interfaces: Part II

By Michael Borella — This article is Part II of a study on the patent eligibility of graphical user interfaces. Part I was published yesterday. We continue from where we left off, with overviews of a handful of Federal Circuit § 101 decisions addressing claims to graphical user interfaces and a discussion of how the three properties of specificity, technical character, and an advance over the prior art can be used to predict whether a claim meets the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 101. D. Mobile User Interfaces In Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Erie Indemnity Company, claim 40 of…