Electronic and software patents : law and practice / editors-in-chief, Steven W. Lundberg, Stephen C. Durant, Ann M. McCrackin.

1. Trends in software and business method patents from 1996 through 2010; 2. Relationship to other intellectual property areas; 3. Searching software inventions; 4. Guidelines to software-related inventions; 5. Drafting the specification; 6. Crafting the claims; 7. Functional claim drafting in the electronics, computer, and software arts; 8. Claim interpretation for patent drafters; 9. Maximizing your success in patent prosecution; 10. Drafting and filing international patent applications; 11. Practical considerations for working with business method patents; 12. Design patents for the information age; 13. Patent portfolio development: an in-house counsel perspective; 14. Noninfringement and invalidity opinions; 15. Design-around techniques; 16. Litigation of patents involving software technology.

Trends in software and business method patents from 1996 through 2010
Relationship to other intellectual property areas
Searching software inventions
Guidelines to software-related inventions
Drafting the specification
Crafting the claims
Functional claim drafting in the electronics, computer, and software arts
Claim interpretation for patent drafters
Maximizing your success in patent prosecution
Drafting an filing international patent applications
Practical considerations for working with business method patents
Design patents for the information age
Patent portfolio development : an in-house counsel perspective
Noninfringement and invalidity opinions
Design-around techniques
Litigation of patents involving software technology.