Intellectual Property
Nov. 18, 2010
Six Months After Bilski: It's Not as Bad As Everyone Initially Thought
Practical tips on obtaining patents for software and business methods. By David Heckadon of Gordon & Rees.
On June 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in the Bilski case, which was supposed to determine whether or not business methods (and software and other high-tech methods) are patentable. Bilski v. Kappos, 2010 DJDAR 9848. The decision was a 5-4 split holding that some business methods are patentable, but not those belonging to Bernard Bilski.
Immediately following the Bilski decis...
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