By: Mel R. Quintos
In Two-Way Media Ltd. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC., decided on November 1, 2017, Two-Way Media Ltd. appealed, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the district court’s decision that the claims of its four patents-in-suit are directed to patent ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101. The patents are entitled “Multicasting Method and Apparatus,” and generally relate to a system for streaming audio and visual data over a communications system (e.g., the internet). The patents describe the invention as an improved system for delivering real-time information. Within this system is a control mechanism, which manages the users who are to receive the real-time information. Shown below is Figure 1 of the patents-in-suit:
