Versata Dev. Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc.
Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2016.
Issue
(1) Whether, under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the phrase "covered business method patent""and "financial product or service""encompasses any patent claim that is "incidental to" or "complementary to a financial activity and relates to monetary matters;" (2) whether the Federal Circuit's standard for identifying patents falling within the "technological inventions" exception departs from statutory text by looking to whether the patent is valid, as opposed to whether it is "technological;" (3) whether a software-related invention that improves the performance of computer operations is patent-eligible subject matter; and (4) whether, as this Court will decide in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should give claim terms their broadest reasonable construction in post-grant adjudicatory proceedings, or should instead give them their best construction.
Recommended Citation: Versata Dev. Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc., SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/versata-dev-group-inc-v-sap-america-inc/