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By bfwebster on Feb 3, 2010 in Lawsuits, Main, Uncategorized | 58 Comments
[Instalanche™ in progress, and I had no clue until I started getting e-mails about the post. I've gotten more hits today on this web site than I've had here in the past 12 months combined. Ah, the power of Instapundit -- thanks, Glenn! Thanks also to Elie Mystal over at Above The Law for the [...]
By bfwebster on Jul 9, 2009 in Lawsuits, Main, Patents | 0 Comments
US District Court Judge Andrew Gilford (Central District of California) granted a summary judgment motion (PDF, 47KB) in DealerTrack v. Huber et al., finding DealerTrack’s patent (US 7,181,427) — for an automated credit application processing system — invalid due to the recent In re Bilski court decision that requires a patent to either involve “transformation” [...]
By bfwebster on Jun 1, 2009 in Lawsuits, Main, Patents | 1 Comment
Just got word today that the US Supreme Court has granted certiorari to the In re Bilski matter regarding business software and process patents. Given the potential implications for new and existing patents, it should be interesting to see how the Supremes rule on this one. ..bruce..
By bfwebster on Jan 29, 2009 in Intellectual property, Lawsuits, Main, Patents | 0 Comments
The US Federal Court of Appeals ruling upholding the lower court decision for In re Bilski has now been appealed to the US Supreme Court:
Not since 1981 has the Supreme Court undertaken to spell out the kinds of inventions that are eligible for patent rights — the exclusive rights to produce or use an invented device [...]
By bfwebster on Dec 19, 2008 in Intellectual property, Lawsuits, Main, Patents | 3 Comments
The In re Bilski (545 F.3d 943 [Fed. Cir. 2008]; here’s a PDF of the decision) court decision placed significant new limits on so-called “process” or “business method” patents, which possible implications for many software patents.
Well, I just received an e-mail from Joel Miller of the ABA Intellectual Property Law Committee (of which I’m a [...]