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Alice v. CLS Bank (2012, USA)
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CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp is a patent dispute which raises questions of whether (or when) software can be patentable subject matter. This is thus one of the rare patent disputes that could create important case law.
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Amicus briefs for CAFC en banc
The following are the 18 briefs listed by Patently-O on 19 December with the comment that "briefing continues" and that the brief from Alice and those supporting Alice are due in January 2013. I've read conflicting information about the deadlines (discussed below).
- Business Software Alliance
- EFF
- CCIA
- Clearing House Ass'n
- Google et al.
- Stites
- British Airways
- Profs Hollaar & Trzyna
- Juhasz law firm
- Philips
- Internet Retailers
- IP Owners Ass'n
- USA govt.
- Sigram Schindler
- NY IP Law Ass'n
- IP Law Ass'n of Chicago
- Conejo Valley Bar Ass'n
- IBM
Deadline for the en banc hearing
Can someone help reconcile these conflicting sources of information on the deadline for filing an amicus brief?
- A lawyer told me the deadline was 45 days after the en banc order, which would make the deadline 22 Nov 2012
- The US CAFC Rules of Practice, Rule #31a, says 60 days, which would be 9 December 2012
- But the en banc order was 9 Oct and yet US govt filed their brief on 14 Dec, and Patently-O said on 19 Dec that "briefing continues"
So what was the deadline? Or is it still open??
Timeline
Newest first, dates as YYYY-MM-DD:
- 2012-11-22: Deadline for submitting amicus brief for the en banc rehearing (right? 45 days after the en banc order)
- 2012-10-09: CAFC vacates own 9 July opinion and agrees to rehear case en banc
- 2012-07-09: CAFC publishes opinion in this appeal ("panel decision")
- 201?-??-??: Appeal filed to CAFC; granted
- 2011-03-09: District court enters final judgement
- 2010-02-02: CAFC denies petition for interlocutory appeal
External links
Newest first...
- CLS Bank v. Alice Corp: Software Patentability On the Briefs, 19 Dec 2012
- Patenting Software: Obama Administration Argues “Sometimes”, 17 Dec 2012 (on the amicus brief of the US govt.)
- Federal Circuit To Announce Whether Software is Patentable?: En Banc Rehearing on Section 101 Issues, 9 Oct 2012
- CLS Bank v. Alice Corp: Patenting Software Ideas, 7 Sep 2012
- Director Kappos: Some Thoughts on Patentability, 4 Aug 2012
- Ongoing Debate: Is Software Patentable?, 27 Jul 2012
- CLS Bank v. Alice: The "Nothing More Than" Limitation on Abstract Ideas, 10 July 2012