Mar. 16, 2017
Decision is the latest chapter in the Alice progeny
In its analysis under Alice, in a recent case the Federal Circuit distinguished the present case from Enfish and Bascom Global.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014), has turned software patents upside down, instigating a huge rise in software patent invalidations.
In the Alice case, the Supreme Court formulated a two-part test for software patentability. First, determine if the claims are directed to a "judicial exception" to patent eligibility, such as a law of nature, physical phenomena or abstract idea.
Second, if directed to an ...
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