Software, Technology, Patent Infringement

Ultramercial v. WildTangent -- Petition for Writ of Certiorari

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 6/4/2015

The Ultramercial story is not over. In the latest step of a controversial case involving 35 U.S.C. § 101 that has been ongoing since 2009, patentee Ultramercial has petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. The...more

Good Faith Belief In Patent Invalidity Is No Defense To Claim Of Inducing Infringement

Nossaman LLP on 5/27/2015

Commil, USA, LLC sued Cisco Systems, Inc. for patent infringement and inducing patent infringement with regard to Commil’s patented method of implementing short-range wireless networks. Today, in Commil, USA, LLC v. Cisco...more

Supreme Court Decision Eliminates Defense to Claim of Inducing Infringement

Stinson LLP on 5/27/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, May 26 that a good-faith belief that a patent is invalid is not a defense to a claim of inducing infringement. Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc., No. 13-1986 (May 26, 2015). The Supreme...more

“‘Say it ain’t so, bro!’” (Episode 14)

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/25/2015

Previously we’ve discussed Hooli’s reverse engineering of Pied Piper’s technology and the threatened lawsuit for ownership of the technology. In Episode 14, Pied Piper faces a new threat: Endframe, a Pied Piper competitor,...more

What Did the Court Really Say About Patent Eligibility?

Foley Hoag LLP on 6/24/2014

Implications of Alice v. CLS Bank - Late last week, the United States Supreme Court decided Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, et al., a case the technology community had hoped would clarify what kinds of...more

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms That Abstract Ideas Are Patent-Ineligible Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/23/2014

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit's en banc decision that petitioner Alice Corporation's asserted patent claims are invalid for being directed to a patent-ineligible abstract idea....more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Abstract Idea Implemented on Generic Computer is Not Patent Eligible

Miller Canfield on 6/23/2014

Patent claims that merely require generic computer implementation do not transform a patent-ineligible abstract idea into a patent-eligible invention, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alice Corp v. CLS Bank, decided on...more

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 Court’s unanimous...more

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