Following the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. V. CLS Bank International (Doc. 12-298), multiple federal trial-level courts have rejected software patents based on Alice. Additionally, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal appeals court responsible for patent case appeals, has already begun

For patent cases involving claims of infringement relating to software products/ applications, a vitally important element of these cases often relates to source code review. Software Experts for both plaintiffs and defendants review source code for the purposes of detailed comparison to the patent claim elements at issue in the

Software related litigation is growing and more cases reside in our courts than ever before. This is because the importance of software patents and trade secrets has grown as the role of technology has pervaded nearly every aspect of the world today. Nearly every industry (from oil and gas to

Virtually all patent, copyright, trade secret, and contract dispute matters involving software and source code have a protective order. A protective order is the court mandated set of rules and procedures that applies to those involved in litigation and is similar to a non-disclosure agreement that is commonly used in

Did you know that Eureka offers software expert witness and litigation support services? Over the weekend we launched a new page showcasing our experience and accomplishments in this area. The site has been a few months in the making, and we are excited to finally share our work in this

“API” used to only be about header files and function definitions — you know, stuff only programmers cared about — but not so much anymore. Now your software’s API is becoming the make-or-break center piece of your technology strategy. We are discussing APIs with most of our forward-thinking customers even before