Software Patent Puzzle: Legal Protections in the Digital Age

Overview

The digital era demands an understanding of software patents, which shape competitive landscapes, attract investment, and offer defensive legal strategy. This seminar covers the specifics of software and patents, SCOTUS insights on the 'physicality' of software and its implications for patentability, common challenges in litigating software patents, software patent infringement, and the impact of emerging technologies like AI on patent law.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Explain the unique aspects of software patentability, including 'physicality'
• ✓Apply SCOTUS insights on software 'physicality' to patentability analysis
• ✓Identify common challenges in litigating software patents and infringement issues
• ✓Anticipate how emerging technologies such as AI affect patent law

Curriculum

1. 1. Software Patent Puzzle: Legal Protections in the Digital Age

   What You Will Learn Participants will gain insights into the unique aspects of software patentability, including software "Physicality" and its implications as outlined by SCOTUS. The seminar will discuss common litigation challenges associated with software patents, delve into infringement issues, and offer a perspective on emerging technologies, such as AI, and their impact on patent law. Topics covered in this webinar: Overview of Software and Patents Patentability of Software “Physicality”: Insights from SCOTUS Challenges of Litigating Software Patents Infringement and Software Patent Litigation Looking Ahead and Technology Developments

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Hon. James Ware

Neutral, JAMS

JAMS · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

The Honorable James Ware (Ret.) is a JAMS neutral who joined the organization after 16 years as a civil litigator and 24 years on the bench. He served on the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara County before becoming a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, where he ultimately served as Chief Judge. As a mediator and arbitrator he handles complex matters, including intellectual property disputes, drawing on his extensive judicial career.