U.S. SC rules software patents, drawn to ‘patent-ineligible abstract idea,’ are invalid

Published July 7, 2014 3:20pm ET



WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that some software method and system patents are invalid.

The nation’s high court, in its June 19 opinion, said the claims in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International and CLS Services Ltd. were drawn to an abstract idea.

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