Recent patent cases have made it more difficult to obtain utility patent protection for some of the functional aspects of computer software. One way to, at least partially, overcome this is to ...

“In its Notice, the Office recognizes the critical importance of digital designs to the modern economy and has updated its guidance to reflect reality.” For years, design patent practitioners dealing ...

“While patenting a website’s computer implemented methods presents tricky Section 101 issues, the GUI’s of those sites are surprisingly easy to patent via design patents.” A common question I get is ...