September 2014

March continued to be a pleasantly slow months for trolls.  Repeat filers included Cascades Branding, Eclipse IP, Hawk Technology, Marshall Feature Recognition, and SFA Systems.

As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database.  Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the place to go if you

Reactions to the Supreme Court’s CLS Bank v. Alice decision were mixed on both sides of the debate.  Everyone seemed to agree that software patents were not dead, but whether the decision would change the software patent landscape was unclear.  Just three months later, however, there is good news for retailers.  Both the Federal Circuit