Summary:<\/strong> Patenting Software: Red Flags to Check For<\/p>\nSoftware is patentable \u2013 we do it here at TPL all the time. But many software inventions die a slow, and painful death in the patent office. Many others are killed off in litigation \u2013 all due to a Supreme Court case called Alice. Alice shapes which software claims thrive, and which don\u2019t survive. In today\u2019s EPG case, Craige explores how to identify whether claims will survive Alice. Craige also offers some Litigation Quality Patent practice pointers \u2013 including \u201cred flag\u201d phrases that are symptoms of potentially weak claims.<\/p>\n
Patent Claims<\/h2>\n
Actually, they are a normal part of the process of patenting software. An office action serves to notify the applicant of problems with the application, whether it\u2019s regarding some or all of the claims and what must be done to make the claim patentable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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