Court must consider patent owner’s remedies in terms of future infringements *

USA - September 28 2012
Criticizing the denial of a prevailing patentee’s requests for relief from future infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit listed possible equitable relief available to patentees to be considered.

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Holy infringement!—noncommercial infringement is not fair use *

USA - September 28 2012
Declining to find fair use for an archbishop’s educational, non-commercial use of copyrighted material the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a grant of summary judgment over numerous orthodox (and unorthodox) arguments.

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Computer-implemented § 112 ¶6 claims require a disclosed algorithm *

USA - April 30 2012
Further disincentivizing the use of means-plus-function claim elements in software patents, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld an indefiniteness ruling, concluding that the specification in issue failed to disclose an algorithm to perform all of the functions assigned to the means-plus-function element.

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Adding “computer” to software method does not make it patentable *

USA - February 29 2012
Adding to the recent string of subject-matter eligibility patentability cases (35 U.S.C. § 101), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidation of an invention directed to automating credit applications for car loans.

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Trade secret or patent, not both *

USA - November 30 2011
Delineating patent protection from trade secret protection with reference to the same accused product, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a finding of lack of written description support while also finding misappropriation of valid trade secret.

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