ARE Patent Law Alert:
Supreme Court Finds Alice’s Computer Implemented Claims To Be Patent-Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C § 101 As An Abstract Idea

On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that the claims of a computer-implemented invention drawn to an abstract idea are not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101.  Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, et al., No. 13-298, 573 U.S. __ (June 19, 2014). Previously, the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]

ARE Patent Law Alert:U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Alice v. CLS Bank to Address the Patent-Eligibility of Computer Implemented Inventions

On December 6, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd., v. CLS Bank Int’l, et. al, No. 13-298 (U.S. Dec. 6, 2013) (“CLS IV”).  The case relates to the patent-eligibility of computer-implemented inventions under 35 U.S.C. § 101.  The four patents at issue involve system, method, and media claims for a […]