Tag: Alice
The Alice Drizzle—Barely Even Noticeable
At the end of the year, I took a look at whether Alice really had a significant impact on patents as a whole. The answer was that Alice simply doesn’t affect that many patent applications. But s...
The “Alice Storm” Is More Of A Drizzle
You might be familiar with Bob Sachs’ term “Alice Storm.” Sachs and his co-authors over at Bilski Blog argue that “Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank has had a dramatic impact on the allowability of comp...
It’s The Claim Language—Except When It Isn’t
Last week, the Federal Circuit handed down a decision in Visual Memory v. NVIDIA, deciding that the Visual Memory[1. Unsurprisingly, Visual Memory is an NPE that did not itself come up with this pate...
Face Palm Watch: CAFC Says Configuring an Option per User is Patent-Eligible
Bad software patents apparently still have a few protectors on the Federal Circuit: in its recent decision in Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, a Federal Circuit panel sa...
Alice Corp. Oral Argument Goes to the Dogs
This video was inspired by John Oliver's Real Animals, Fake Paws project. You can hear the full audio of the oral argument here.
A Patent Troll Explains the Drop in Suits
Many thanks to the Consumer Electronics Association, which gave us permission to use its troll figure.
Apple Wants to Compete on Patent Portfolio, Not Products
(Cross-posted on DisCo)
Apple has been an odd player in the patent debate. On the one hand, it’s the company that gets sued by patent trolls more than any other. As a result, it supports most of the...
CLS Bank v. Alice: Don’t Lose Your Head
The patent world was waiting with bated breath for the Federal Circuit’s decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp. At last, we thought, we would have a ruling on when software is patentable ...
“The Black Box is Never Described”: CLS Tries to Teach the Federal Circuit the Difference Between Methods Claims and Systems Claims, and about Abstract Ideas
For those who are interested, a reader has shared a transcript of the oral arguments in CLS Bank v. Alice en banc at the Federal Circuit. As we have written, a lot is at stake in this case as it tak...