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euroclydon
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The Supreme Court Should Invalidate Software Paten...
The SCOTUS ruled against the patentability of an algorithm which codified a certain hedging strategy in the Bilski case in 2010. This was believed to reinforce the invalidity of many software patents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Bilski
jdp23
on July 28, 2011
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As the article discussed, Bilski was decided on very narrow grounds; and it relates to business model patents, not software patents.
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