Forum
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
2013 Term
Oral Argument Date
March 31, 2014
Lower Court Opinion
Case Updates
Outcome
June 19, 2014
The Supreme Court held that because the claims are drawn to a patent-ineligible abstract idea, they are not patent eligible under §101.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is affirmed.
Case Documents
- Cert. Petition -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Dale R. Cook Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Trading Technologies International et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Gibbons Institute of Law Science and Technology Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Accenture Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- NY Intellectual Property Law Association Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief in Opposition -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Merits Stage Brief for Petitioner -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Retailers Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief amicus curiae of Dale R. Cook -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Paul R. Michel Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Hollaar and Trzyna Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Proove Biosciences Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- AIPLA Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Lampert and Chavous Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- IBM Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Merits Stage Trading Technologies International et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Merits Stage Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- UC Hastings Institute for Innovation Law Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- SHFL Entertainment Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Galvin Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Conejo Valley Bar Association Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Livesay Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Merits Stage IEEE-USA Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- IEEE-USA Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Merits Stage NY Intellectual Property Law Association Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief of Association of the Bar of the City of NY in support of neither party -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Advanced Biological Laboratories SA Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Benrey Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Intellectual Property Owners Association Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Merits Stage Brief for Respondents -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Internatioanl (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- The Juhasz Law Firm Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Public Knowledge et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- United States Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- ACLU Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Law Business and Economics Scholars Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Red Hat Inc. Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Tony Dutra Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- BSA Software Alliance Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- RICHRELEVANCE Inc. et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Software Freedom Law Center et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Menell and Lefstin Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Microsoft et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Checkpoint Software et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Google et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Merits Stage Electronic Frontier Foundation Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- CCIA Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Antitrust Institute Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Clearing House Association et al Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court)_0.pdf
- Students of Patent Law Amici Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Amicus Brief -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International (U.S. Suprme Court).pdf