Gene, and the case generally

Posted Jun 20, 2014 3:02 UTC (Fri) by coriordan (guest, #7544)
In reply to: Gene, and the case generally by louie
Parent article: US Supreme Court rules against software patents

> the court is pretty clear that there are plenty
> of software patents that should exist

I don't read it that way. The Court saying a few times that "XYZ is invalid, but ABC is different". They don't say ABC would be patent-eligible. They just say it's not the same thing.

So that can mean the Court is just leaving that for another day. Maybe Thomas just couldn't get agreement this time, so it got punted.

I see nothing in this ruling that stops us from getting further victories next time.

(And yes, I think Gene just blew a gasket today. Still. They're fun quotes.)