Software Patent News for February 7th:
- No No Words: What Words do you Avoid in Patent Applications [Patently-O] –
Dennis is "planning to do a quick study of "no no words" in patent applications and how their use has changed over time. Examples include "objects of the invention," the "present invention," "must," "prior art," "limitation," …" Add to the list in the comments at Patently-O. - Patent litigaiton in the US is a minority sport and we should not lose sight of that [IAM] –
in 2003 2,814 patent suits were filed in the US and that by 2007 this number had risen to 2,896. In other words, there was almost no overall change at all. They might also want to check out the recent news that the number of patent cases filed in American courts declined significantly at the back end of 2008.