Last year, Axios’s managing partner, Adam Philipp, cautioned that Bilski hardly spelled the demise of software patents. And now I’m predicting that the Supreme Court is about to overturn Bilski and emphasize that software is still patentable in the process. Allow me to explain . . .
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Prediction: Supreme Court to embrace software patents
Posted in Legal Update, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Recent Cases Also tagged Bilski, In re Bilski, Supreme Court 1 Comment
One of the hidden (literally!) values of method claims
Yesterday, the Federal Circuit reminded us of another reason why method claims are so valuable. In Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. v. Rexam Beverage Can Co., No. 08-1284 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 17. 2009), the court held, among other things, that a method claim does not require markings to enforce the patent in litigation.
Software and Business Method Patents Update
You may have heard rumors that business method patents are dead, but their death is greatly exaggerated. Like all good rumors, however, there is an element of truth. A recent case, called “In re Bilski”, commonly called “Bilski”, does have an impact on business method and software patents.
Posted in Patent Prosecution Also tagged application, business method, court, patent, software 2 Comments