Karamelion has asserted its two patents more than 40 times since
the summer of 2018, typically settling the cases prior to a
responsive pleading. This activity will have to go on hold, at
least for the time being, as the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois found that Karamelion's two
patents are directed to ineligible subject matter under Section
101.
The Court's Decision
Karamelion asserted its two patents against Intermatic, both of
which are related to controlling many distributed appliances.
Intermatic filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that both patents are
directed to ineligible patent subject matter under Section 101.
At Alice step one, Karamelion argued that its patent
claims were directed to "an improved appliance controller with
specific relay functionality for a distributed appliance
system" and that the problem that its purportedly improved
appliance controller addressed is communication over a distance, a
problem for which the
