"US Pat 6,326,978, Display for selectively rotating windows," wrote Patent Buddy was "Killed by CAFC" (using Alice as precedent).
"Patent scope is clearly a key problem."It is clear that swpats (software patents' shorthand) continue to collapse in the United States and this month is no exception. Examples continue to be covered, just not by media of patent lawyers (they lie by omission, as we have explained before).
"CAFC Refused to Re-Hear Case," wrote Patent Buddy, "First Patent Kill by Alice" (the latest such example).
Here is some analysis which says: "In its first substantive application of Alice v. CLS Bank in 2015, the Federal Circuit has once again shot down claims for not meeting the patent-eligibility requirements of 35 U.S.C. ۤ 101."
When it comes to the USPTO, which adapts to these developments slowly but surely, a patent lawyer in London says that the judicial exceptions are now very broad.
Patent scope is clearly a key problem. It's not about patent trolls, however they're defined. Some sites continue to focus on "Companies Sued The Most Over Patents In 2015" (without scaling for the size of companies, hence serving as propaganda that frames large corporations as the biggest victims), but we all know that the patents themselves, not the users thereof or the target of lawsuits, open the door to misuse, abuse, and anti-competitive behaviour, as our previous post demonstrated (Apple versus Android). ⬆
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Hans Micheelsen
2015-08-22 05:38:42
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2015-08-22 09:10:45