Protecting Patent Clients in Alice's Wonderland The U.S. Supreme Court's June 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank triggered a sea change in patent protections and opened the floodgates for challenges under Section 101 of the Patent Act. This paved the way for a new era in patent infringement defense, with hundreds of patents being declared invalid. Using Alice, Holland & Knight's Intellectual Property Group achieved several notable patent victories for clients. As defendants, the attorneys challenged the patents as abstract ideas at the outset of the cases, saving clients from costly discovery and prolonged litigation. Section 101 defines patent-eligible subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement the

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