Case: Patents/Validity (E.D. Tex.)

AR Design Innovations LLC’s patent, which relates to a system for rendering a photorealistic 3D perspective view of a 3D object that can be selectively positioned within a 3D scene, is not directed to an abstract idea, and is therefore not patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, a federal district court in Texas ruled, denying Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. and La-Z-Boy Inc.'s motion to dismiss AR Design’s patent infringement suit. The patent’s claims aren’t directed to the act of making a digital diorama; rather, they are directed to a specific process or tool for making dioramas, the court noted. ...