201411.20
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The Death Of Internet Patents: Federal Circuit ruling will have major impact on Internet patents.

(Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal 11/20/2014) Should patents be used to monopolize abstract ideas of doing business on the Internet using conventional programming techniques? After a four-year appeal process, that question was finally answered “no” by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Nov. 14 in Ultramercial Inc. v. Hulu…

201411.20
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“The Death Of Internet Patents,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (November 20, 2014)

“The Death Of Internet Patents:  Federal Circuit ruling will have major impact on Internet patents.” By Ben M. Davidson (Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal 11/20/2014) Should patents be used to monopolize abstract ideas of doing business on the Internet using conventional programming techniques? After a four-year appeal process, that question was finally answered…

201407.07
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Ben Davidson quoted by Wall Street Journal on mounting criticism of Federal Circuit’s exclusive jurisdiction over patent law

Ben Davidson quoted by Wall Street Journal on mounting criticism of Federal Circuit’s exclusive jurisdiction over patent law. “Critics Fault Court’s Grip On Appeals For Patents” (Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2014): “‘Ninety percent of the time, the court is dealing with issues that aren’t controversial or hot-button, and on those, we get uniformity and…

201406.19
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Abstract Software Patents Get The Ax

By Ben M. Davidson (Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal 6/19/2014) Should patents be issued on business ideas that are implemented using conventional software and hardware techniques? The U.S. Supreme Court answered that question “no” Thursday in its long-awaited decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp., 13-298. The case involved a patented computerized…

201406.19
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Abstract Software Patents Get The Ax

(Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal 6/19/2014) Should patents be issued on business ideas that are implemented using conventional software and hardware techniques? The U.S. Supreme Court answered that question “no” Thursday in its long-awaited decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp., 13-298. The case involved a patented computerized system for reducing “settlement…

201404.03
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And The Software Patent Saga Continues

(Originally Published in Los Angeles Daily Journal (4/03/2014)) On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp., No. 13298, a case that could decide the extent to which software can be patented. The court reviewed the case after an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

201403.06
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Easier Fee Shifting In Patent Cases, Maybe

Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 6, 2014 The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in two patent cases that could make it much easier for prevailing defendants to recoup their attorney fees from losing plaintiffs. Unlike the rule applied in English courts, which require losing parties to pay their opponent’s attorney fees,…