High Court Must Lower Bar For Patents http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195221/high-court-must-lower-bar-for-patents Posts in the discussion thread "High Court Must Lower Bar For Patents" - In upholding a lower court ruling, the federal circuit wrote that a business process (like online banking) must be `tied to a machine' or transform `a substance into a different state or thing' in order to qualify for patent protection. This `machine or transformation' test, as it is called, is too rigid to incite innovation. If the circuit court ruling is upheld, it could have a negative effect on Connecticut technology companies where the ability to patent innovations in business systems is critical to be competitive and maintain customers. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195221#post-628633 High Court Must Lower Bar For Patents http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195221/high-court-must-lower-bar-for-patents#post-628633 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:16:27 +0000 ggiedke 32664 "In upholding a lower court ruling, the federal circuit wrote that a business process (like online banking) must be ‘tied to a machine’ or transform ‘a substance into a different state or thing’ in order to qualify for patent protection. This ‘machine or transformation’ test, as it is called, is too rigid to incite innovation.
If the circuit court ruling is upheld, it could have a negative effect on Connecticut technology companies where the ability to patent innovations in business systems is critical to be competitive and maintain customers."

Source: http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-chaclas-pitney-patent.artoct30,0,5438710.story

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