“Computer-implemented simulations are as patentable as any other computer-implemented method. Nothing is to be changed in the patentability assessment criteria utilized so far, with the clarification ...

The EU has spoken: the directive for the patenting of computer-implemented inventions is dead. But that does not mean the end for software-related patents, as long as patent attorneys consider all ...

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Essenese Obhan, Sneha Agarwal and Anindita Goswami of Obhan & Associates analyse recent developments over obtaining patents for computer-implemented inventions Computers have come a long way from the ...

“The FCA noted that the use of the terms ‘new and useful’ with the statutory categories of invention indicates that novelty may be relevant in determining whether an invention falls within the ...

The European Patent Office (EPO) published its decision to the highly anticipated G 0001/19 on March 10, 2021. It was the first time the EPO has held a hearing via videoconference and only the second ...

It is well known that in the U.S., abstract ideas, laws of nature, natural phenomena, and products of nature are all excluded from patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. This article briefly outlines ...

The most common rejections of such inventions issued by the Mexican Institute of the Industrial Property (MIIP) make reference to a lack of a technical problem disclosed in the specification of the ...

“Change is the essential process of all existence,” Commander Spock said in one of the last episodes of the original Star Trek series. Since the US Supreme Court published its long-awaited opinion on ...

A checklist for evaluating and patenting blockchain-related inventions, including steps for conducting an invention disclosure meeting to determine patent eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent ...