Fed. Cir.: Alice Made Us Change Patent- Eligibility Rules

The U.S. Supreme Court's Alice v. CLS Bank ruling gave “renewed vigor” to arguments against computer-implement patent eligibility that wouldn't have worked prior to the decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Jan. 20. Patent owners expecting the appeals court to say that lower courts have been too eager to knock patents out under Alice will have little to go on after this decision.