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Federal Circuit deals blow to software patents, but fails to provide cohesive rationale

  • Dentons
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

On May 10, 2013, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a highly anticipated, but in the end somewhat unfulfilling, en banc decision in

Patentability of computer software upheaval in US courts

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The patentability of computer software is a hot topic in Australian courts at the moment. However, we aren't alone in struggling with this

Federal Circuit fails to clarify software patent eligibility

  • Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

In a highly-anticipated decision that was expected to clarify the test for eligibility of software patents under 35 U.S.C. 101, in CLS Bank

Patent eligibility of software innovations after CLS Bank

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

The en banc Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently could not agree on the proper approach for determining whether software-based

Federal Circuit issues seven opinions on patentability of software innovations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The en banc Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has divided over whether method and computer-readable media claims and system claims are directed to

ALJ Gildea denies respondents’ motion for summary determination in Certain Wireless Consumer Electronics Devices (337-TA-853)

  • Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

On May 7, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 29 (dated April 17, 2013) denying Respondents LG Electronics, Inc. and LG

Protecting software intellectual property: patent vs. copyright

  • Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

The explosive growth of web 2.0 sites and mobile applications has been changing the technology landscape in past couple of years. With companies

A new patent shield? House bill introduces “anti-patent troll” legislation

  • Williams Mullen
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 6 2012

“Patent Trolls,” or non-practicing entities that buy up patents with the expectation of litigating their way to profit, have been targeting software and computer hardware companies for years

Patenting business methods after Mayo

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2012

Advances in information technology, such as high-performance computing, enables the collection, analysis and sharing of information between patients and medical providers

Japan, S. Korea, and Germany lead in nanotech patenting for non-USA countries

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • Germany, Japan, South Korea, USA
  • -
  • May 4 2011

From the beginnings of the NNI, the "race" between the industrialized countries to develop nanotechnology was a focus point