RSSPatent case goes to Supreme Court
From: The Washington Times | November 9, 2009
With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software. A ruling that sides with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office could bar patents on processes and methods of doing business, such as online shopping techniques, medical diagnostic tests and procedures for executing trades on Wall Street. And it might even undercut patents on software. In a worst-case scenario for the high-tech industry, the ruling could invalidate many existing software patents or at least make ...
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