Contractor ownership of IP
The ownership rules for copyrights, patents, and other IP vary depending on if the IP creator is an employee or an independent … Read more
Sending Alice to Planet Blue
Forget “patent invalid because abstract”, the Planet Blue decision finds the real issue is “preemption.” Non-preemptive software claims are not abstract. In … Read more
Sovereign Immunity, Tribes, & IPR
Allergan proposed a strange way to help immunize US patents from IPR attack – the “sovereign immunity defense”. IPR attacks: The America Invents … Read more
Patents and national security
Filing a patent with national security implications? Check your filing receipt for a foreign filing authorization before filing outside the US. After … Read more
Rapid Litigation: Biotech patent win
In “Rapid Litigation”, the Federal Circuit is further cleaning up the 35 USC 101 “abstract” patent eligibility mess caused by SCOTUS’s Alice and Mayo decisions.
Bascom: another Alice software win
The Bascom court decision helps software patents by suggesting that step 2 of the Alice test should follow established obviousness rules.