Utility patent protection for software inventions has been severely limited since the Alice decision. Tracy-Gene G Durkin considers an alternative: protecting GUIs with design patents The mobile app ...

“While patenting a website’s computer implemented methods presents tricky Section 101 issues, the GUI’s of those sites are surprisingly easy to patent via design patents.” A common question I get is ...

It’s open season on punctuation and capitalization. In the world of corporate branding, it’s now quite normal to label your organization’s name, product or service in lower case — and many attempt to ...

Most applications are designed to help people get their job done, so the success of an application often depends largely on how people use it. Many application development teams falsely assume that ...