Google, Oath Beat Arendi Appeal Over Computer-Search Patents

Arendi S.A.R.L. lost its bid to revive infringement claims against Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC and Oath Holdings Inc. after ...
JD Supra

Computer Implementation Not Enough to Render Abstract Ideas Patent Eligible

The Supreme Court yesterday issued its long-awaited decision in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International addressing the patent eligibility of computer-implemented inventions under 35 USC §101. The ...
IPWatchdog

Software May be Abstract, But a Computer-Implemented Invention Produces a Technical Effect

“While it is true that the software may be abstract, if it is considered to be a computer-implemented invention, it is bound to produce a technical effect, or as we call it in our guidelines, a ...
JD Supra

Federal Circuit: Improvements Inherent to Using a Computer, Such as Improved Speed and Efficiency, Do Not Transform an Abstract Idea into a Patent-Eligible Concept

In deciding patent eligibility of computer-implemented claims, courts consider whether the claims merely implement a generic computer or whether they improve the functioning of the computer itself.