The oral argument of the day comes from the recently decided Williamson v. Citrix case. The oral argument focuses on patent eligibility issues. There were two sound bites that I thought would be of particular interest. In this sound bite, Judge Moore refers to the old Alappat test that new software makes a new computer each time you run it: [Listen]. And, in this sound bite, Judge Moore notes that nobody would be more fond of turning the Alice decision on its head than she would, just show her the path: [Listen].
The entire oral argument is available [here].
The court’s Rule 36 judgment is available [here].