Software patent owners given rare boost in Federal Circuit Enfish decision

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Software patent owners given rare boost in Federal Circuit Enfish decision

May 17 2016
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The Federal Circuit has found software patents valid under Alice for only the second time, in Enfish v Microsoft. The decision gives valuable ammunition for opposing a Section 101 challenge to software patent claims and may also mean the recent USPTO patent eligibility guidance needs to be updated

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