Software Patents

The US software field and the lawyers representing software developers are now becoming aware of the importance of obtaining patents for software. Lawyers and software professionals need to recognize when to apply for patents and how to avoid rejections of their software patents by the US Patent Office. This text discusses what a software patent is and what legal protection it provides; how the software patent application should be drafted to maximize the likelihood of being granted a patent; who holds software patents and for what inventions; and what can be done to protect the software invention in the worldwide marketplace. There are detailed explanations of software technology for lawyers who are not experts in the field.