Update on the Impact of AliceStorm in the Courts
Contributed by fenwick.com. Originally published on Patexia; republished here as part of the LexDana archive.
Over the past two months, the trends I've discussed in my previous blogs on AliceStorm have continued and become more entrenched. In particular, the Federal Circuit has been quite active, issuing nine decisions since late June. These decisions lay out a theory of patent eligibility that in my view is divorced from both scientific reality and how innovation actually occurs. I'll discuss those points below, but first let's do the numbers.
June, July and August showed an uptick in the number Section 101 decisions from April and May, the majority of these being motions to dismiss and judgments on the pleadings.
For the complete analysis, see Bilski Blog.
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