Federal Circuit eases standard for induced infringement *

USA - October 30 2012
In a pair of long-awaited en banc decisions, the Federal Circuit surprised many practitioners by easing the standard for holding a party liable for inducing patent infringement where multiple actors are involved in performing computer-driven processes.

Patentable computer system or unpatentable abstract idea: the Federal Circuit clarifies the Supreme Court *

USA - July 23 2012
In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit held that a computer-based financial transaction platform was eligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. §101 of the patent laws, reversing the District Court's holding that the patent was invalid as claiming merely an abstract idea.

Has patenting industrial processes now become a promethean task? *

USA - May 29 2012
On May 21, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States signaled its continued concern about potentially over-broad process or method patents by asking the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit to review a previous holding that a certain computer-implemented process was patentable.