LQ PatentCast: Berkheimer v. HP
The Alice barrier to software just got cut down a couple notches! Is this sleepy little case going to shake up prosecution and litigation of software patents? Tawfiq uncovers how it might have just become harder to invalidate software claims, under step 2 of Alice in District Court, while Craige explains the potential sea change that promises to hold the patent examiners back from sloppy Alice rejections. Help is on the way for protecting software.
