Athul Acharya on Evaluating Software Patents
Episode 365 of the Ipse Dixit podcast, hosted by CC0/Public Domain, titled "Athul Acharya on Evaluating Software Patents" was published on August 30, 2019 and runs 45 minutes.
August 30, 2019 ·45m · Ipse Dixit
Summary
In this episode, Athul K. Acharya, an impact litigation associate at BraunHagey & Borden LLP, discusses his article "Abstraction in Software Patents (and How to Fix It)" which is published in the John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law. Acharya begins by explaining what the "abstract-ideas" doctrine is and the role it plays in patent eligibility. He describes what software patents protect and why the present particular conceptual problems for patent eligibility. And he provides a novel way of determining whether software patent claims should be eligible. He closes by reflecting on how junior legal scholars can draw on their non-legal background. Acharya is on Twitter at @AthulKAcharya.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
In this episode, Athul K. Acharya, an impact litigation associate at BraunHagey & Borden LLP, discusses his article "Abstraction in Software Patents (and How to Fix It)" which is published in the John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law. Acharya begins by explaining what the "abstract-ideas" doctrine is and the role it plays in patent eligibility. He describes what software patents protect and why the present particular conceptual problems for patent eligibility. And he provides a novel way of determining whether software patent claims should be eligible. He closes by reflecting on how junior legal scholars can draw on their non-legal background. Acharya is on Twitter at @AthulKAcharya.
This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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