Intellectual Property
Jul. 21, 2012
Assessing patent eligibility of computerized business methods
CLS Bank provides guidance on the front end in patent prosecution of a computerized business method invention and on the back end in litigating the validity of such patent claims. By Howard Hoffenberg
Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit issued a decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation Pty, Ltd. (Case no. 2011-1301, July 9, 2012) that provides both and an abstract standard and concrete guidance for assessing patent eligibility of computerized business methods. This decision was made in an environment of legal uncertainty arising out of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S...
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