Software patents: China, Europe, US
Software patents that deal with technical effects, physical parameters, and improving computer function are favored, but business methods are disfavored.
Stephen E. Zweig, PhD JD, Patent Attorney
Software patents that deal with technical effects, physical parameters, and improving computer function are favored, but business methods are disfavored.
Unjustified USPTO “Alice” rejections of patent applications are starting to hurt the economy.
One problem with “Alice” type patent rejections is that many judges use “Alice” patent invalidation as a quick and easy way to reduce their crowded dockets.
A comparison between the USPTO patent decision process, and the process by which the Oracle of Delphi produced riddles for priests to decipher.
Discussion of the original Federal Circuit decision in CLS Bank v. Alice Corporation.