Patents

Required Reading

These materials are required for the class session as well as the final exam.

State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., 149 F.3d (Fed. Cir. 1998).

The case that sealed the fate (at least temporarily) of the business method exception.

U.S. Patent Application No. 2008/125,102

MOBILE DEVICE MANNERS PROPAGATION AND COMPLIANCE

Recommended Reading

Additional materials on the patenting of software and business methods.

U.S. Patent No. 5,772,512

Electronic Football Game

Video of a device that is similar to ours

Their device is a recycled corn cob that is turned into a phone.

Bilski v. Kappos

aka In re Bilski. This is the Supreme Court's Opinion.