Software Patents Strike Back – RPL Central v Commissioner of Patents

2 September 2013
It’s been a busy year in software patents, all over the world. We’ve had decisions on this issue in Australia, headlined by Research Affiliates in February, and in the US the Federal Circuit split 5:5 in a case concerning an Australian company, Alice v CLS Bank in April. More recently, the New Zealand parliament passed a new Patents Act which excludes computer software “as such” from patentability.
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Patentability of Computer Software – Upheaval in US Courts

14 May 2013
The patentability of computer software is a hot topic in Australian courts at the moment. However, we aren’t alone in struggling with this controversial issue. On 10 May 2013, the United States Federal Circuit issued an en banc decision in CLS Bank International v Alice Corporation Pty Ltd that rendered the claims of four ‘software patents’ invalid, for not defining any patentable subject matter.
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