The Business of Patents
Software is the redheaded stepchild of intellectual property. It is not well protected by any of patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret law, and the reason is not hard to find – none of those regimes was built with software in mind, and they seem to protect all but what is most important to a […]
Read more →With the incredible advances in computing technology over the last 20 years has come a vast array of inventions that are implemented in some form of software. Smartphone apps, TV apps, manufacturing processes, facial recognition technology, artificial intelligence program, the list of products and processes that rely on some form of software is endless. Some […]
Read more →It is well-established that patent holders may not simply file patent infringement lawsuits in order to determine if a company may be infringing their patents. As interpreted by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that patent holders do the following prior to filing […]
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