Counsel from jurisdictions where payments to employee-inventors only arise from contracts or employee incentive programs are sometimes surprised when they first become involved with jurisdictions that have statutory payment...more
Two recent Federal Circuit opinions suggest that factual questions and evidence may influence eligibility analyses under 35 U.S.C. § 101. These opinions may significantly change how both litigators and prosecutors handle §...more
Many software-related and business method-related patents have been invalidated for being directed to “abstract ideas.” On January 10, 2018, in Finjan, Inc., v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the...more