Tag: Federal Circuit
Previewing ContentGuard v. Apple and Google at the Federal Circuit
This Thursday, June 8, the Federal Circuit will hold oral argument in ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. and in ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. v Google, Inc. (The Google case also includes a nu...
Software Patents Will Survive: How Section 101 Law Is Settling Down
(This article first appeared at IPWatchdog.)
Software patents have been controversial for decades. The discussion generally centers around whether software is patent-eligible subject matter. Since th...
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...
Tell Me Again Why We Have a Federal Circuit?
The Supreme Court just issued a decision in the Medtronic case, and it was a unanimous reversal of the Federal Circuit. Since the Supreme Court first reviewed a patent decision by the Federal Circuit ...
New Fed. Cir. Opinion Demonstrates That Patent Law Is Confusing
Part of the reason that patent trolls have so much success targeting small businesses is that patent law is arcane and filled with traps for the uninitiated. Obviously, patents themselves are hard to ...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: June 28 Edition
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On Monday, Reuters reported that the International Trade Commission (ITC) is taking steps to rein in frivolous litigation from patent trolls, by requiring “companies to prove upfront t...