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A federal judge in San Francisco has unequivocally ruled against a non-practicing entity that had sued Cloudflare for patent infringement. The judicial order effectively ends the case that Blackbird—which Cloudflare had dubbed a "patent troll"—had brought against the well-known security firm and content delivery network.

"Abstract ideas are not patentable," US District Judge Vincent Chhabria wrote in a Monday order.