Software

Software patent protection is evolving almost as rapidly as the software itself. We constantly monitor the latest developments and issues in the software protection area both in the United States and abroad. Our attorneys have a rich background in software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, and related fields. We know the mind-set and viewpoint of software engineers and can speak their language. We have done successful software patent work with well-known Fortune 500 software and computer corporations as well as start-up companies.

This area of the firm's practices encompasses the protection of innovation in diverse areas of software technology, such as:

Control and management of computer networks
Network server management
Internet and electronic commerce applications
Distributed computing
Graphics and image processing
Processing and managing of video data and streams
Multimedia systems
Data structures, processing and storage
Medical monitoring, control, and data processing
Performance monitoring and management
Interactive training and decision analysis applications
Document and text processing
Encryption and decryption algorithms
Data compression and decompression
Security techniques and systems
Modeling of physical and chemical processes
Control and management of industrial facilities
Neural networks and expert systems
Operating systems
Instructions sets and microcode
Software development and management
Object oriented programming

In prosecuting patents for this technology, the rules, regulations, and practices change almost as rapidly as the technology itself. Our educational and work backgrounds combined with constant vigilance enable us to comprehend these rules and regulations as they evolve so that we can gain meaningful protection for our clients' innovations.

We have successfully overcome Patent Office rejections with arguments that a claimed invention, involving an algorithm, or a mathematical manipulation, or a method of doing business, was patentable subject matter.

With our background and extensive experience in the drafting of software patent applications and their prosecution before the Patent Office we can evaluate any patentable software innovation and advise our clients how to effectively protect that innovation, both in the U.S. and abroad.