Year in Review Column
Dec. 30, 2014
High court takes a bite out of patent litigation in 2014
While the U.S. Supreme Court decided six patent cases this year, one has emerged as the most important with profound practical consequences. By Vern Winters
The Supreme Court decided six patent cases in 2014, on issues ranging from the correct indirect infringement test to the appropriate attorneys' fee request standards. But its Section 101 patent-eligibility opinion, Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014), has emerged as the most important. The concise and (for the high court, at least) straightforward opinion has had profound practical consequences. If ...
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