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Inventions in the software age – patent law in the USA before and after the Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International

0000-0002-2826-6180

intellectual property law US Constitution United States Patent and Trademark Office private law patent law

This article refers to the modern challenge of the patent law in the United States. It particularly focuses on capabilities of software as a subject of patent law protection. It shall be highlighted that protection of inventor’s creation finds a special place in the US legal order, as mentioned by the Constitution and supported by the long-standing tradition of United States Patent and Trademark Office towards the protection of numerous inventions, including software. Alice case and other court orders attempt to define where is a line between innovation and a generic rule repeated by the software that creates an interesting tendency in the US patent case law followed by numerous patent invalidations and rejections.

E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

10.34616/fiuw.2020.1.56.67

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