Patent - Computer Software

Cooley has provided patent counseling and prosecution services to leading-edge software companies in and out of Silicon Valley for many years. Protecting valuable software with patents requires highly skilled practitioners who are up to date on the ever-shifting legal landscape surrounding software and business-method patents, and Cooley has the team for the job.

Whether the technology is database management systems, computer networks, Web 2.0, anti-malware software, digital imaging systems, or some other computer-software-based technology, Cooley has the team and the expertise to help software companies build a strategic, balanced patent portfolio. Our extensive experience in litigating software-related patents enables us to counsel software companies on a variety of different patent-related issues that arise in this highly competitive field.

Representative Fields:

  • Anti-spyware software
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biometrics
  • Business Intelligence software
  • Business methods
  • Business Process Management
  • Database systems
  • Educational software
  • Electronic commerce systems
  • Electronic design automation
  • Encryption
  • Enterprise and web services
  • Enterprise software
  • Gaming software
  • Graphics
  • Identity-protection software
  • Interactive-TV systems
  • Internet
  • Internet commerce
  • Location-based services
  • Network security
  • Network-device management software
  • Search engine technology
  • Search Engines
  • Social networking
  • Software controllers
  • Storage-management systems
  • Streaming-media systems
  • Web services
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