CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc. - decision raises the patent-eligibility bar for software
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 01:14PM Excerpts from commentary
On August 16, 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its decision in CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., affirming patent-ineligibility of a reexamined software patent. The patent-in-dispute, U.S. Patent 6,029,154, is directed to detecting credit card fraud on the Internet and claims 2 and 3 were at issue. The court’s reasoning recognized that software is still patent-eligible after Bilski, but held that the bar has been raised – which has important implications for the software industry.
The court’s categorical treatment of human intelligence as patent-ineligible also has implications for those software disciplines studying software algorithms that mimic human intelligence (e.g., artificial intelligence and machine learning).
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