<em>Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp.</em>

In Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp., the Federal Circuit held that using machine learning models in new data environments constitutes an abstract idea and lacks patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, equating machine learning models to computers, or computer software, and signaling the need for advancement or innovation if novel applications of machine learning models are to be patentable.