Alice Corp. symposium

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Symposium: Business methods as “abstract ideas” — explaining the opacity of Alice and Bilski

Rebecca S. Eisenberg is the Robert & Barbara Luciano Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank is the fourth in a new wave of opinions from the Supreme Court on the topic of patent-eligible subject matter that began with its 2010 opinion in In re Bilski, and the second of these opinions to consider the patent eligibility of computer-implemented business methods.

ByRebecca Eisenberg/Jun 23, 2014

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Symposium: The Supreme Court as promoter of progress

Sandra S. Park is a senior attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union. She represented petitioners challenging gene patents in the ACLU’s first patent lawsuit, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, and filed an amicus brief on behalf of the ACLU in support of CLS Bank.

BySandra Park/Jun 20, 2014

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Symposium: Go ask Alice — what can you patent after Alice v. CLS Bank?

Robert Merges is the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. Those of us who sweat in the clammy gymnasia of patent law have been waiting – with a mix of excitement, dread, and cynical disregard – for the Alice v. CLS Bank decision.

ByRob Merges/Jun 20, 2014

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Symposium: For patent litigants, Court affirms status quo

Justin Nelson is a partner at Susman Godfrey L.L.P. The reaction from patent litigants to the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank was one big shrug. The decision was exactly as expected.

ByJustin Nelson/Jun 20, 2014

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Symposium: Supreme Court leaves patent protection for software innovation intact

David Kappos is a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and the former Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is a senior adviser to the Partnership for American Innovation.

ByDavid Kappos/Jun 20, 2014