“The inherently transitory, distributed, and dynamic nature of SaaS…makes it challenging to obtain patent claims for SaaS inventions that are directly infringed, requiring careful and strategic claim ...

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Aristocrat Technologies will require software patent drafters to take more care to describe algorithms covered by their software--or risk patent invalidity.

If you haven’t been following this story it may (hopefully) turn out to be a milestone in the history of software patents: The story concerns a US financial institution, CLS Bank, and an Australian ...

A med tech case decided by the PTAB is helpful to inform patent strategy for AI enabled inventions across various disciplines and industries. Patent applicants should expect to see reliance by the ...

Rumours of the death of software patents are greatly exaggerated, say Elliot Cook, Brandon Bludau and Darren Jiron. Various software-based inventions were patented by the USPTO at rates even higher in ...

Australia, China, India, the US and the EPO all have subtly different approaches to the patentability and protection of software inventions. Practitioners from each of the jurisdictions explain the ...

A correction was made to this story. Read below for details. Blackboard, whose software can be used to manage university courses, has taken a significant step to mollify open-source rivals who ...

Open-source software -- heck, all software -- has been plagued by patent trolls for decades. The Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, is now expanding ...

“Though these new guidelines may seem unnecessary, there is clear benefit to the public, especially to the applicants who rely on patents for future innovative endeavors.” The United States Patent and ...

A landmark 2014 ruling by the Supreme Court called into question the validity of many software patents. In the wake of that ruling, countless broad software patents became invalid, dealing a blow to ...