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SCALE7x: Courts have new "teeth" to limit software patents

SCALE7x: Courts have new "teeth" to limit software patents

Posted Feb 26, 2009 5:14 UTC (Thu) by kingdon (subscriber, #4526)
Parent article: SCALE7x: Courts have new "teeth" to limit software patents

The losing party has asked the Supreme Court to review Bilski - see http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/major-new-case-on-patent-rig... or any number of other posts on patent law blogs, which include much speculation about whether the Supremes are likely to take it. I could imagine the Supreme Court going either way. Arguing for them taking it is their recent (somewhat) greater tendency to take patent cases and the large number of patents which would be affected. Arguing against is the desire to let things develop for a while and see what the lower courts come up with, and the relatively small number of cases the Supreme Court takes in general.


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