To listen to the critics of software patents you would never know that software has been patented in the United States— ever. Notwithstanding, software patents have a very long history in the United ...

“I knew at some point in time the patent office would recognize” computer software, he said. It happened in 1968, helping to ignite the software market. By Richard Sandomir Martin Goetz, who joined ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Code made tangible, 1945-1954 -- From antitrust to patent law at IBM, 1950-1966 -- The myth of the non-machine, 1964-1968 -- Antitrust law and software sales, 1965-1971 -- Software patents at the ...

An analysis of Software as a Service (SaaS) patenting in the US Patent and Trademark Office, including the challenges in patenting SaaS, strategic considerations, and guidance on drafting claims and ...

As digital transformation advances the global business landscape, savvy technology architects seek opportunities to contribute to the market. Companies often pursue software patents to protect their ...

New paper from legal researcher suggests a fix for the software patent mess has been lurking in the statute all this time Software patents have been an agent of change in open source over the last ...

This week our Head of Knowledge, Marious Georgiou, unpacks one of the UK software industry's biggest myths: all software is excluded from patenting. It's commonly believed that your valuable software ...

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Aristocrat Technologies will require software patent drafters to take more care to describe the algorithms covered by their software--or risk patent invalidity ...

“Understanding and dispelling common myths about software patents is not just an academic exercise – it’s a crucial step for innovators and companies seeking to defend themselves against competitors ...