USA Today: Software patent case arrives at Supreme Court http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195223/usa-today:software-patent-case-arrives-at-supreme-court Posts in the discussion thread "USA Today: Software patent case arrives at Supreme Court" - With the tech industry looking on, the Supreme Court today will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software. A ruling that sides with the Patent Office could bar patents on processes and methods of doing business, such as online shopping techniques, medical diagnostic tests and procedures for executing trades on Wall Street. And it might even undercut patents on software. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195223#post-628639 USA Today: Software patent case arrives at Supreme Court http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195223/usa-today:software-patent-case-arrives-at-supreme-court#post-628639 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:18:52 +0000 ggiedke 32664 "With the tech industry looking on, the Supreme Court today will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software. A ruling that sides with the Patent Office could bar patents on processes and methods of doing business, such as online shopping techniques, medical diagnostic tests and procedures for executing trades on Wall Street. And it might even undercut patents on software."

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/regulation/2009-11-09-patents09_ST_N.htm

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