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ALICE CORP. PTY. LTD. v. CLS BANK INTERN.

No. 13-298.

134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014)

189 L.Ed.2d 296

ALICE CORPORATION PTY. LTD., Petitioner v. CLS BANK INTERNATIONAL et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Mark Perry , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

Adam L. Perlman , Williams & Connolly LLP, Robert E. Sokohl , Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Carter G. Phillips , Counsel of Record, Jeffrey P. Kushan , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Constantine L. Trela, Jr. , Tacy F. Flint , Timothy R. Hargadon , Benjamin M. Flowers , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Mark A. Perry , Counsel of Record, Helgi C. Walker , Brian M. Buroker , Alexander N. Harris , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The patents at issue in this case disclose a computer-implemented scheme for mitigating "settlement risk" (i.e., the risk that only one party to a financial transaction will pay what it owes) by using a third-party intermediary. The question presented is whether these claims are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, or are instead drawn to a patent-ineligible...

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