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: LawPunditThe Tech View at the Economist about Patent Nonsense is that the Era of Frivolous Patents May Soon End
By Andis Kaulins
"An end to frivolous patents may finally be in sight....America?s Supreme Court is about to issue a ruling which, by all accounts, will make it difficult, if not impossible, to get a patent for a business process. And because most business processes are, at bottom, computer algorithms, the Supreme Court?s judgment could also bar all sorts of software patents in the process. As a result, a lot of patents for online shopping, medical-diagnostic tests and procedures for executing trades on Wall Street could be invalidated."
Full post as published by LawPundit on February 06, 2010 (boomark / email).
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