Posts Tagged: software patent
Antitrust Laws Are Not Enough to Kill Big Tech Monopolies
The United States is looking to antitrust law to break up big tech. Later today, for example, the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law will …
The Federal Circuit Must Revisit Its Imprudent Decision in Chargepoint v. SemaConnect
I recently authored an article for IPWatchdog arguing that the Federal Circuit in ChargePoint Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc., (2018-1739) effectively overruled the new U.S. Patent and …
How Senate IP Subcommittee Witnesses on Patent Eligibility Responded to Questions from Senator Blumenthal
Through the first half of June, a series of hearings on the state of patent eligibility in America held by the Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee rendered a …
It May Be Time to Abolish the Federal Circuit
I don’t really know why we need the Federal Circuit anymore. Witness the denial of en banc rehearing in Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, …
As Congress Contemplates Curbing Alice, More Than 60% of Issued U.S. Patents are Software Related
It has been more than two years since I last wrote here that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank decision has left …
Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Investpic Signals Death for Most Software Patent Applications
The Investpic v. SAP America case (Supreme Court Dkt. No. 18-1199), which is the 44th patent eligibility case to be considered for certiorari since the notorious Alice …
USPTO Commissioner for Patents on Life Five Years After Alice: We’ve Come a Long Way
Panelists in this past Thursday’s IPWatchdog webinar, “Dissecting Alice,” gave credit to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the steps it has taken …
Inventors Must Oppose the Draft Section 101 Legislation
When it was announced that I would be testifying to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on IP about Section 101, I was surprised. Not only did they grant a …
Congress Adds TERM Act and No Combination Drug Patents Act to List of Drug Patent Bills Being Considered
The growing debate over the effects of patents on the rising price of pharmaceuticals continues to encourage the introduction of drug pricing-focused bills in Congress over the …
After Alice: IP Stakeholders Comment on Alice’s Impact Five Years On
Since the Supreme Court issued its decision in Alice v. CLS Bank five years ago today, patent eligibility jurisprudence and practice have become increasingly chaotic—at least …
A Proposal for Reforming the Current UK Patent Law System Post-Brexit
"It is, to me at least, regrettable that because these apparently simple words [computer programs ... as such] have no clear meaning both our courts and the Technical …
The Lineup: Who We’ll Hear from in the First Two Senate Hearings on Section 101 Reform
To kick off the month in which Alice v. CLS Bank will turn five, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property will hold its first …
Congress’ Section 101 Fix Would Create a 112(f) Problem
Senators Coons and Tillis and a group of Representatives recently proposed an admirable piece of legislation to amend the Patent Act to abrogate Supreme Court Section 101 cases …
Listings of Patent Packages Increased by Nearly Eighteen Percent in 2018
In our first article examining the 2018 patent market, we provided an overview of the data and found that prices were stabilizing across listings, buying and selling programs …
Independent Inventors to USPTO: We Are All Underrepresented in This Patent System
On Wednesday, the USPTO held the first of three scheduled hearings prompted by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science (SUCCESS) Act, which requires the …
