Clarilogic, Inc. v. FormFree Holdings Corporation, No. 16-1781 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 15, 2017)

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FormFree Holdings Corporation (“FormFree”) appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California’s grant of Clarilogic, Inc.’s (“Clarilo- gic”) summary judgment motion holding that the claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,762,243 (“the ’243 patent”) are ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. B ecause the ’243 patent’s claims are directed to an abstract idea and the claims contain no additional elements that transform the nature of the claims into a patent -eligible application of the abstract idea, we affirm.