Continuing its recent trend of taking on patent cases, the United States Supreme Court has weighed in on several major patent-law issues in its latest term. Notably, the high court’s unanimous rulings in four of its most recent patent cases are highly relevant to those involved in patent litigation in the United States. Two of these rulings – CLS Bank and Limelight Networks – go to the heart of how computer-implemented technologies are protected under the US patent system. Limelight Networks also has farther-reaching implications regarding potential patent infringement liability arising out of business operations involving interaction with customers, suppliers, or other third parties...
This article first appeared in the October 2014 issue of the Newsletter of the Litigation Committee of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association, and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association.