This case is the latest case in the debate regarding if software related patents are eligible subject matter under the Federal Circuit. In this case, Accenture is the holder of U.S. patent number 7,013,284, which is directed towards systems that generate and organize insurance-related tasks. The claims in the ‘284 patent include claims with various [...]

The lesson to be learned in this case is that claim construction and invalidity based on the written description are separate issues that have their own tests, and serve different purposes. In this case, Trading Technologies owns a family of patents that are related to presenting interfaces to users associated with commodities exchanges, think stock [...]

OVERVIEW:  In this case, Bimeda appeals a decision from the USPTO board of patent appeals and interferences, which affirmed the examiner’s rejection of the claims of US Patent No 6,506,400 for not meeting the requirements under 35 USC 112. The ‘400 patent discuses methods for preventing the inflammation of udder tissues in cows. The ‘400 [...]

OVERVIEW: This case is related to a review of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, where the Court of Appeals reversed the Board’s decision that the patent claims would have been unobvious in view of the prior art. Synthes owns the US Patent No. 7,128,744, which is directed to a system for using plates [...]

What is a bitcoin? A bitcoin is a form of electronic currency that can be transferred through a computer or smartphone without an intermediate bank or financial institution.  A user can have a digital wallet to receive and/or transfer bitcoins, where the accounts and/or bitcoins are encrypted. When purchasing a bitcoin, a purchaser receives a [...]