David Sheldon Quoted in Law360
COJK attorney David Sheldon's comments on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding patent eligibility of computerized abstract ideas were published in the Law360 article, "Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Software Patent Ruling." In the case, Alice Corp. Pty Ltd. v. CLS Bank International , a unanimous Court ruled that abstract ideas implemented using a generic computer are not patent eligible. David noted that “even though the claims in question were found to not be patent eligible, the significance of the decision lies in its suggestion that claims directed in general to abstract ideas can be found patent eligible, so long as they recite a specific computer implementation." David was also quoted as stating: “Claims that recite a specific computing device performing some of the method steps could well be upheld despite the negative outcome for these particular claims.” The article appeared in the June 19, 2014 issue of Law360.
