Posted by: Ophir Tal in USPTO, software patent, Software, politics, Patents Opposition, Patents, Patently-O, Patentability, Patent Prosecution, Patent Legislation, patent, Internet Patent, intellectual property, cyberlaw, Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit, COMPUTER CONTROLLED SOFTWARE INTEGRATED INVENTIONS, claims, CAFC, blogging on
Jul 22, 2008
Prof. John F. Duffy analyses at Patently-O the probable position of the USPTO towards software patents as presented in a series of cases. Specifically, patentable subject matter must result in a physical transformation of an article that is tied to a particular machine. A general purpose computer may probably not be regarded as a particular machine, and data structures and numbers (e.g. webpage rankings) may probably neither be regarded as articles nor as being physically transformed. Well – some news for the software industry.
The analysis is recommended as being not only thorough but also quite easy to read.
Hmm.. need a break in the trademark-related entries from our US colleague at Cantor Colburn? ;-)
As usual the EPO has a new schedule of fees ready for 1 April with most fees being raised by 5% or other like fair amounts.
Beware of the new claim fees and annual maintenance fees, however !!
As you know, the EPO charges a fee, currently 45 EUR, for each claim above 10 claims. Starting from 1 April 2008, this is changed to a fee of 200 EUR for each claim above 15 claims. A raise of this order seems to be a political tool for having us reduce the number of claims. This is further emphasized by yet another fee change scheduled for 1 April 2009, where in addition each claim above 50 claims
Posted by: Meirav Shalem in United Kingdom, claims on
Feb 11, 2008
In a RelatIP recent post I have reported the new approach of the UK intellectual property office (UK-IPO) regarding computer programing related claims [Last Post] stating that the UK-IPO tends towards allowing these claims drafting in UK applications.
In a recent judgment in Astron Clinica and other's Applications [2008] ("Astron Clinica") [
Posted by: Amit Zuckerstein in USPTO, United States, United Kingdom, UK-IPO, TTab, Trademarks, trademark, private copying, Patent Legislation, Inventors, indefinite articles, ICANN, Domain names, domain name tasting, defences, cyberlaw, Copyright defences, copyright, consultation, claims, blogging, Australia on
Jan 21, 2008
I'd like to share 10 IP related blog posts that caught my eye in the previous week.
Patents
1. Dennis Crouch, in his blog "PatentlyO", writes about one of the suggested changes mentioned in the Senate report on patent reform and in particular to the elimination of
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