Here’s a pretty interesting brief from Fox Rothschild impacting technology companies and their intellectual property:
In a ruling that will have widespread negative impact in the field of intellectual property, the Federal Circuit Court has denied a patent to an inventor of a process for the management of weather-related risk.
As a result, software will remain as patentable subject matter, while processes not limited to a computer or other machine will be considered too abstract to receive patent protection. It remains to be seen whether the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
