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Key Takeaways
- This special post-Alice PatentCast episode addresses when software that automates a task a human used to do by hand is patentable, versus when it is considered too abstract.
- Craige explains why the automation software claims at issue in this case were found to be patentable.
- He extracts key recurring themes from software litigation and shows how to apply those lessons to create and enforce Litigation Quality Patents.
The Bottom Line: Software that automates a previously manual task can be patentable when it is drafted using the lessons Craige identifies from software litigation, rather than being framed as an abstract idea.
Summary:When is software that automates a human task patentable?
When is it too abstract to be patentable? In this special edition of the post-Alice software PatentCast series, Craige explains how the automation software claims were indeed patentable. Craige extracts key themes that pop up in many software litigations, and explains how to apply the lessons learned to create and enforce Litigation Quality Patents®.
