5 Years Ago: Benjamin Henrion (FFII) Explains the Connection Between Software Patents and UPC

In FOSDEM, Benjamin Henrion explained how EPO tricks examiners into thinking that European software patents are OK and why UPC would extend this to courts, too

Still True: Name of the Game is the Claim

Data Engine Techs v. Google (Fed. Cir. 2021) This is an old-school claim construction case.  The district court narrowly construed …

Determining An Analysis Chronicle: Non-Technical - Intellectual Property - Germany

This decision relates to an European patent application for analyzing a set of information. However, the distinguishing features were considered non-technical by the Board of Appeal.

$2,000 for D3D Technologies prior art — Unified Patents

On August 30, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 10,795,457 . The patent is owned by D3D Technologies , an NPE. The '457 patent generally relates to...

Alice Corp v. CLS Bank: When Two Become One

by Dennis Crouch The Alice test officially includes two steps. But these are highly correlated steps. Thus, if a claim …

Medical device software is booming but creating IP hurdles

In-house and private practice counsel set out the challenges and opportunities of protecting software in medical devices and software as a medical device

Not patentable to patent-eligible: Redesigning product based on user feedback - not technical, but Controlling the manufacture of a product - technical

This decision concerns a patent application for a method of redesigning a product based on customer feedback. In the appeal, the Board considered that…

Nintendo and Bardehle defend Wii patent for second time - JUVE Patent

After a ten-year dispute, Nintendo has now finally enforced its patent for Wii consoles against Bigben. But the dispute is not over yet.

Richard Stallman's 2014 Talk in Espoo, Finland

Now that we publish many articles about Finland, which would be the victim of European software patents (Nokia and Finland aren’t the same thing!), it’s worth recalling the above talk, which mentions — inter alia — copyrights and other matters as...

EA is opening the patents for some of its accessibility tech

The patent pledge includes the Apex Legends ping system.

I turned on CSP and all I got was this crappy lawsuit!

Yes, you did read that right. It turns out that enabling CSP on your website, specifically CSP nonces, is enough for you to get threatening letters about patent infringement! I've heard of people getting in trouble for some pretty absurd things,...

MyMail, Ltd. v. ooVoo, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2021)

By Michael Borella -- Two years ago, MyMail and ooVoo went to the mat in the Federal Circuit over claims that the District Court for the Northern District of California found ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Patent holder MyMail was able to...

New study shows surge in data-driven and computer-assisted healthcare patents | IAM

Boom in digital healthcare and bioinformatics IP requires strategic adjustments in both the life sciences and high-tech arenas

Not Patentable To Patent-eligible: Redesigning Product Based On User Feedback – Not Technical, But Controlling The Manufacture Of A Product – Technical - Intellectual Property - Germany

This decision concerns a patent application for a method of redesigning a product based on customer feedback. In the appeal, the Board considered that claim of the Main Request was so abstract that it ...

Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of July 27 » Dallas Innovates

Check out this week's ranking for inventive activity in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.