Lire l’article très intéressant du 18 avril 2012 de Forbes.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jackperkowski/2012/04/18/protecting-intellectual-property-rights-in-china/

Pour les praticiens en PI

Dans  Ergo Licensing v. CareFusion 303 (Fed. Cir. 2012) la Federal Circuit des États-Unis a déterminé:

If special programming is required for a general purpose computer to perform the corresponding claimed function, then the default rule requiring disclosure of an algorithm applies. It is only in the rare circumstances where any general-purpose computer without any special programming can perform the function that an algorithm need not be disclosed.

Thus, the means-plus-function limitation has no corresponding structure in the specification because « there is no algorithm described in any form for the function of ‘controlling the adjusting means.’ » As a result, the claim is invalid as indefinite.