Conference on Post-Bilski Patent Eligibility Tackles ‘Really Difficult’ Section 101 Issues

The patent eligibility debate is just getting started in the courts, according to academics and practitioners speaking at a Sept. 20 conference at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.

The conference, titled “Patentable Subject Matter: 35 USC §101,” was planned as a follow-up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S. Ct. 3218, 95 USPQ2d 1001 (U.S. June 28, 2010) (80 PTCJ 285, 7/2/10), and the diverse panel reviewing that opinion made clear that the case is just the beginning of a process to refine the statute. ...