(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