William Howard Taft declined offers of rejection from a federal court.
DDR Holdings , LLC v. Hotels.com , L.P. , , is the first United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision to uphold the validity of computer-implemented patent claims since the Supreme Court 's decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International .. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International. Supreme Court. Supreme Court of the United States. Both Alice and DDR Holdings are legal decisions relevant to the debate about whether software and business methods are patentable subject matter under Title 35 of the United States Code § 101 .. debate. Software patents under United States patent law. software. Software patent. business methods. Business method patent. patentable subject matter. patentable subject matter. Title 35 of the United States Code. Title 35 of the United States Code. The Federal Circuit applied the framework articulated in Alice to uphold the validity of the patents on webpage display technology at issue in DDR Holdings .. In Alice , the Supreme Court held that a computer implementation of an abstract idea , which is not itself eligible for a patent , does not by itself transform that idea into something that is patent eligible .. Supreme Court. Supreme Court of the United States. According to the Supreme Court , in order to be patent eligible , what is claimed must be more than the abstract idea .. Supreme Court. Supreme Court of the United States. The implementation of the idea must be something beyond the `` routine , '' `` conventional '' or `` generic . ''. In DDR Holdings , the Federal Circuit , applying the Alice analytical framework , upheld the validity of DDR 's patent on its webpage display technology .