Legal Opinion
Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 12, 2016No. 2015-1244PublishedCited by 637 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, Circuit Judge.
Enfish sued Microsoft for infringement of several patents related to a “self-referential” database. On summary judgment, the district court found all claims invalid as ineligible under § 101, some claims invalid as anticipated under § 102, and one claim not infringed. Enfish appeals. We find that the claims are not directed to an abstract idea, so we reverse the summary judgment based on § 101. We find that the “pivot table” feature of the prior art Excel product does not contain the “self-referential” feature of the claims, so we vacate the summary judgment based on §…
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