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NetSoc, LLC v. Match Group, LLC, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2020-1195 · judgment December 31, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 14, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Is the addition of a network computer implemented social network, with a novel and unconventional rating system, to a method of organizing human activity per se unpatentable as directed to an abstract idea?
Is a network computer implemented social network an application of an abstract concept, namely the organizing and rating of human activity, to a new and useful end, therefore remaining eligible for patent protection?
In 2003, did the creation of a network computer implemented social network with a novel and unconventional rating system transform it into an improved social network that is something concrete and tangible?

For petitioner
William Peterson Ramey III
Ramey LLP

For respondent
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Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Jun 14 2021
Petition DENIED.
May 25 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
Apr 23 2021
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, NetSoc, LLC
Apr 05 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)