New ruling in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank means firms must do more to advance 'abstract' software claims to receive a patent. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, ...

The US Supreme Court is wading into the battle over software patents by agreeing to hear a case between two financial firms you've likely never heard of. This comes just as the legislative arm of the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out an Australian company’s patent for business software in a decision that clarifies standards for awarding patents, but not as much as some firms had hoped. In a ...