Bill Atkins Comments on the CLS Bank Decision

Bill Atkins, an IP partner based in Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. offices, spoke to Law360 about what the CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. ruling means for patent law.

“This decision is most unfortunate. It reflects poorly on the inability of our Federal Circuit to provide useful and cohesive guidance to patent holders/applicants and potential infringers and those who counsel them,” he said. “It also reveals the apparent divisiveness within the court. But, perhaps most importantly, it kicks the can up to the Supreme Court for a decision when the Federal Circuit was created to reconcile issues such as this one.”