TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL v. IBG LLC

2017-2323.

921 F.3d 1378 (2019)

TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellant v. IBG LLC, Interactive Brokers LLC, Appellees, United States, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: April 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Kurcz , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by Leif R. Sigmond, Jr. , Michael David Gannon ; Alaina J. Lakawicz , Philadelphia, PA; Cole Bradley Richter , McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP, Chicago, IL; Steven Borsand , Jay Quentin Knobloch , Trading Technologies International, Inc., Chicago, IL.

Richard M. Bemben , Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appellees. Also represented by Robert Evan Sokohl ; Michael T. Rosato , Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Seattle, WA.

Katherine Twomey Allen , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for intervenor. Also represented by Mark R. Freeman , Scott R. McIntosh , Joseph H. Hunt ; Thomas W. Krause , Joseph Matal , Farheena Yasmeen Rasheed , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.

Before Moore, Clevenger, and Wallach, Circuit Judges.


Trading Technologies International, Inc., ("TT") appeals a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board holding claims 1-22 of U.S. Patent No. 7,783,556 ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Because we agree that the patent is a covered business method patent and the claims are ineligible, we affirm.

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