On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l (Alice)[i]. In Alice, the Court held that several computer-implemented patents were not eligible ...

“The FCA noted that the use of the terms ‘new and useful’ with the statutory categories of invention indicates that novelty may be relevant in determining whether an invention falls within the ...

In the recent decision of Bancorp Services L.L.C. v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Fed. Cir., No. 2011-1467, 7/26/12, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit further ...

Essenese Obhan, Sneha Agarwal and Anindita Goswami of Obhan & Associates analyse recent developments over obtaining patents for computer-implemented inventions Computers have come a long way from the ...

“Both the High Court and the IPAB have declined to define the term ‘technical advancement’. Consequently, the position adopted by the High Court still stands…and the conundrum still remains ...

On Dec. 6, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted Alice Corporation's petition for a writ of certiorari in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International. The question presented is: ...

-a novel computer programme with a known hardware which goes beyond the normal interaction with such hardware and affects a change in the functionality and/or performance of the existing hardware. A ...

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There is a widespread myth that it is not possible to obtain patent protection for computer-implemented inventions, or software. Your report adds to that myth (16 July, p 27). Patent offices in Europe ...