Software Patents (Webinar - 8 Dec. 2021)

Video of webinar given Dec. 8 2021 - intro to patents and specifics on software patents.

Here's the powerpoint for the webinar , with clickable links.

english_webinar_short

.pdf

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Links from the presentation (also in the .pdf above)

DIY SEARCHING

•Google patents

•European patent office

•World IP Office

DIY DRAFTING

how to write provisional patent draft yourself

how to submit provisional yourself

Supreme court decisions:

Bilski

Alice

example decisions concerning software

•Not enough: Instructions to apply (such as a generic computer)

•Not enough: Insignificant, extra-solution activity

•Not enough: Field of use restriction or technological environment

•Enough: Improving the Computer or Other Technology