ARE Patent Law Alert:
USPTO Issues Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has finally issued its new 2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (Interim Eligibility Guidance). (See http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/exam/interim_guidance_subject_matter_eligibility.jsp). This Interim Eligibility Guidance is subject to notice and comment, but supersedes prior guidance issued after the Mayo and Myriad decisions and supplements the prior Preliminary Instructions issued after the Alice […]

ARE Copyright Law Alert: Supreme Court Finds Aereo Performs Copyrighted Works Publicly As Prohibited Under The Copyright Act

On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, reversed the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and found that Aereo, Inc.’s system of rebroadcasting television over the internet was a “public performance” of copyrighted works and a violation of the Copyright Act of 1976.  American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al. […]