IPWatchdog

Federal Circuit: Adding one abstract idea to another abstract idea does not make the claim non-abstract

RecogniCorp, LLC v. Nintendo Co., (Fed. Cir. Apr. 28, 2017) (Before Lourie, Reyna, and Stoll, J.) (Opinion for the court, Reyna, J.) The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision that ...
IPWatchdog

Testing a Patent Claim against an Abstract Idea, in Response to 35 USC §101 Rejection

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejection of a patent claim, alleging the claim is not significantly more than an abstract idea under 35 USC §101, is a frequent and often frustrating ...
PC World

Supreme Court ruling throws roadblock in the way of software patents

An abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, potentially making it more difficult to patent some software in the future. The ...
ZDNet

When is a patent too abstract? Google and Facebook weigh into key software case

A group of top tech companies, including Google and Facebook, has intervened in the latest precedent-setting case around software patentability in the US. The companies, which also include Red Hat, ...
JD Supra

Testing a Patent Claim against an Abstract Idea, in Response to 35 USC §101 Rejection

USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) rejection of a patent claim, alleging the claim is not significantly more than an abstract idea under 35 USC §101, is a frequent and often frustrating ...