“Software modules are often specified in functional terms and the details of the underlying algorithms are left to implementation. While this level of description is generally enough to guide software ...

Discuss with the inventor the technological underpinnings of the novel functional aspects of the software and how those technological considerations support that function. Discuss with the inventor ...

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. Pictured June 30, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock.

Counsel at Salesforce, IBM, Mastercard and two other companies say it’s important to demonstrate technical effect and stay out of 3600 at the USPTO Volvo intellectual property chief Raymond Millien ...

Microsoft/TomTom lawsuit sparks call to change a patent system that helps few, hurts many. The recent Microsoft/TomTom patent infringement suit has sparked a renewed call for software patent reform.

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Engineers and DevOps teams are often racing against the clock to deliver applications against stringent timelines. Calibo, a leading platform as a service (PaaS) innovator ...

In September of last year, and in light of a corresponding Japanese patent infringement suit, I published an article detailing how The Pokémon Company had filed two patent applications at the United ...

Reasons for seeking foreign patent protection. Important factors to consider when selecting countries to pursue patent protection. Imagine that you have developed a groundbreaking electronic product.

Homing in on three software cases in which the Federal Circuit found claims patent eligible in 2020 is illuminating for software patent application drafters. The Alice/Mayo test is applied during ...