Most (and Least) Popular IdeaEsq Articles of 2014

By Stephen B. SchottIn 2014, I published 39 articles. My goal was one a week so I fell short, even counting some lame efforts. But still, 39 is a good number and based on the analytics, here are the top and bottom three articles from the last year. Please be kind to those bottom three. They need your love, too.The…

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Federal Circuit Identifies Software as Patentable Subject Matter (post Alice)

By Stephen B. SchottSoftware has been patentable subject matter for a long time but following this summer’s Supreme Court Alice v. CLS Bank decision, exactly when software crosses into patentable subject matter territory has been in flux. Last week, the Federal Circuit’s DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P. et al. decision provided some guidance on this point.The patent in dispute describes what seems commonplace…

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