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Intellectual Property

Apr. 9, 2014

Mark A. Lemley

Durie Tangri LLP San Francisco Patent, copyright


One of the crucial ongoing discussions in patent law is whether and to what extent software is eligible for patent protection.


Lemley made his mark in the discussion last year when he scored a significant appellate victory for Foster City-based Guidewire Software Inc., a software developer for insurance carriers.


A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined in September that Accenture Global Services GmbH's software...

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