Rejecting Recommendation, Delaware Federal Judge Deems Patent Ineligible

(April 22, 2024, 2:19 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — An objection to a February report and recommendation by a federal magistrate judge was sustained April 19 by a Delaware federal judge, who agreed with a defendant that the patent it stands accused of infringing recites the abstract idea of “communicating identification information using an image” and lacks sufficient inventiveness at step two of the eligibility inquiry....