Fizick
7th November 2008, 21:53
October 31, 2008
Much of the patent portfolio of some of the world's biggest software companies has become worthless overnight, thanks to a ruling yesterday by the US patent court.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Washington DC has decided that in the future, instead of automatically granting a patent for a business practice, there will be a specific testing procedure to determine how patentable is that process.
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The decision is great for open source advocates.
http://www.itexaminer.com/us-court-throws-out-most-software-patents.aspx
Much of the patent portfolio of some of the world's biggest software companies has become worthless overnight, thanks to a ruling yesterday by the US patent court.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Washington DC has decided that in the future, instead of automatically granting a patent for a business practice, there will be a specific testing procedure to determine how patentable is that process.
....
The decision is great for open source advocates.
http://www.itexaminer.com/us-court-throws-out-most-software-patents.aspx