(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…
“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…
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…
CLS Bank v. Alice Corp – The Supreme Court Strikes Down Abstract Software Patents. Los Angeles Daily Journal interview with Ben Davidson
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…
(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…
PDF (link opens in new window) By Ben M. Davidson Monday was a good day for companies facing allegations of patent infringement. The U.S. Supreme Court issued two major decisions that reverse rulings by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that had favored patent owners. In Limelight Networks Inc. v. Akamai…
(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…
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,…
Ben Davidson interviewed by Los Angeles Daily Journal on strategies for invalidating patents through inter partes reviews at the PTAB.
