In This Presentation:

- Software Patents Issues in the USPTO

- Functional Claiming in Software Patents

- Covered Business Method (CBM) Review

- Will the Supreme Court kill all software patents this term?

- Draft Patent Legislation Update

- Excerpt from Draft Patent Legislation Update:

• Patent Transparency and Improvements Act (S. 1720)

• Patent Quality Improvement Act (S. 866)

• Patent Litigation Integrity Act (S. 1612)

• Patent Abuse Reduction Act (S. 1013)

• Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act (H.R. 845)

Key Features of Draft Legislation:

• Fee shifting to losers in patent litigation

• Fee shifting to non-practicing entities

• Protections for customers of accused patent infringers

• Regulation of cease and desist letters

• Encouragement of usage of post-grant procedures for challenging patent validity

• Revisions to patent litigation procedures