Patents and printed matter
Printed matter (text, symbols, images) usually falls under copyright law and not patent law. The exception — when the printed matter improves … Read more
Stephen E. Zweig, PhD JD, Patent Attorney
Printed matter (text, symbols, images) usually falls under copyright law and not patent law. The exception — when the printed matter improves … Read more
The 2019 USPTO revised patent subject matter eligibility guidance attempts to bring some coherence and consistency to “Alice” patent eligibility issues. USPTO … Read more
A recent Federal Circuit case, Thales Visionix Inc. v United States, continues the process of restoring sanity to the ongoing “Alice” patent … Read more
Forget “patent invalid because abstract”, the Planet Blue decision finds the real issue is preemption, and non-preemptive software claims are not abstract. … Read more
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.
The Bascom court decision helps software patents by suggesting that step 2 of the Alice test should follow established obviousness rules.