Software

The sticker price is just a small factor in what the software is going to "cost" your firm.

Technology columnist Jeff Bennion discusses the pros and cons of renting your software versus owning it.

Your software and hardware tools are not going to make you smarter, but they will help you focus more time on moving your cases forward and less time on doing laborious but low-value tasks.

Little clarity on the shady copyright loophole that tech companies keep pushing

Technology columnist Sean Doherty takes a look at G2 Crowd, a resource for businesses looking for peer-reviewed software and services.

Following the Supreme Court's recent guidance in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, several software patents have been invalidated by the Federal Circuit, and district courts. In Alice Corp., the court set out a two prong validity test. First, whether the subject matter is eligible for a patent; and second, if so, whether the recitation of generic computer components adds something that is not already present when the steps are considered separately? For software patent applicants, Alice Corp. now requires that the method or system 1) improve the functioning of the computer itself, and do more than instruct one to apply the abstract idea on an unspecified generic computer; or 2) effect an improvement in another technology or field.

Dan Lear provides highlights from Lex Redux events that bring together entrepreneurs and investors interested in legal startups.

What are the implications of a major patent law case, soon to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, for law firms and lawyers that practice patent litigation?

In-house columnist David Mowry delves into the oft-ignored micro-processes at the core of many businesses.