Zoe BollingerJan 9, 2015California District Court Refuses to Apply Alice and Invalidate Gaming Patent0 CommentsCalifornia District Court Refuses to Invalidate Gaming Patent as Encompassing an Abstract Idea | The National Law ReviewIn another hopeful sign that “the exception won’t swallow the rule”, the Central District of California has refused to apply Alice to invalidate a software patent – U.S. Patent No. 8,393,969 – for player tracking in a gaming establishment.