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Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt)Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt)Posted Oct 31, 2008 0:54 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)Parent article: Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt) I think it's premature to get too excited by this, until we see how it plays out. Patent-holders might still be able to argue that their software patents fit the narrower definition, at least as used in practice (e.g. within your computer your video codec is just mathematics, but once the program is hooked up with a camera and a display monitor, we have a physical process). IANAL, but I'm not sure the lawyers know either at this point what the courts will do.
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Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt) Posted Oct 31, 2008 14:19 UTC (Fri) by dwheeler (guest, #1216) [Link]
I agree. If they narrowly define "different state or thing", so that this really is significantly limitation on patentability, then it might help. E.g., "a permanent change in type of matter". MAYBE this will mean something, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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