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On October 30, 2008 the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decided In re Bilski, which pertains to the eligibility of method claims as statutory subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101
A decade ago in State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion that has been widely perceived to encourage a substantial increase in patents directed to business methods and to software programs
The origin of this case is an application made by an organisation of music and audiovisual recordings producers and editors before Commercial Court number 5 in Madrid to request preliminary measures against Telefónica
The European Court of First Instance (CFI) recently upheld the decision of the European Commission, taken in 2004, to fine the Microsoft Corporation a total of EUR 497 million for abuse of its dominant position in the market for work group server operating systems and streaming media players
