Early reports suggest that judges are hostile towards abstract patents like Bilski's
Read more »Bilski Hearing Starts Well for Abolishers of Software Patents
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Bilski hearing implications for software patents
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An analysis by End Software Patents of what the Judges' statements at Monday's Bilski hearing say about patenting software ideas.
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Microsoft Patent Traps and the Possible Looming End of Software Patents
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How Microsoft uses ActiveSync to shut out Free software with software patents; OOXML patents and other issues revisited; Bilski to be revisited by the Supremes, who can axe software patents in the United States
Read more »Final Bilski Briefs Filed - Microsoft, Google, FFII, ABA, etc.
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More intriguing Bilski briefs filed. The door is shut now, so there will be no more, I gather. Both the ABA and Patently O have them all listed, and the latter includes a helpful brief blurb giving an outline of the theme of each. So read them all if you wish.
Read more »US software patent repartee
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The pending US Supreme Court decision regarding In re Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. Kappos, in principle about patents on business methods and software, has lead to briefs being filed by numerous companies and associations.
Read more »FSF Files Amicus Brief in Bilski - The Country Needs and Relies on FOSS
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FSF has now filed an amicus brief in Bilski, and they too ask the Supreme Court "to affirm that software ideas are not patentable":End Software Patents (ESP) executive director Ciaran O'Riordan explained, "Every software patent is a restriction on software developers and users of computers, and there are currently 200,000 software patents in the USA.
Read more »Bilski II: Red Hat Appeals to Supreme Court over Software Non-Patentability
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The U.S. is known for its patent friendliness. But a Supreme Court decision in 2008 overturned a patent application by Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw for a risk mitigation process. Now Red Hat is using the so-called Bilski case in support of software non-patentability.
Read more »Amicus Avalanche Opposing Software Patents in the United States (Novell Still Missing)
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Red Hat, the FSF, and the SFLC submit amicus briefs for the Bilski case
Read more »SFLC files Bilski brief: Software should not be patentable and don't forget the 1st Amendment
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The Software Freedom Law Center has now filed its brief in Bilski. You can read it online here, as well as download it as a PDF or as Postscript. It raises three major points...
Read more »Red Hat addresses Supreme Court on software patents
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Red Hat has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court. In the brief, Red Hat explains the practical problems of software patents to software developers.
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Red Hat Files its Bilski Brief: Asks Supreme Ct. to Exclude Software From Patentability
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I have exciting news for you. Red Hat has just filed
its brief [PDF] in Bilski, and it's saying things you certainly have been hoping someone would express to the Supreme Court.
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Two Quick Words About Microsoft v. TomTom: Think Bilski
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I'm getting a lot of email about Microsoft suing TomTom for alleged patent infringement, first reported by Todd Bishop on TechFlash. I've put lots of links in NewsPicks for you, and here are the two complaints, the regular complaint filed in federal court and the ITC complaint [PDFs]. I'll restrict myself for now to two quick words: Think Bilski
Read more »The End of Software Patents?
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Further developments in Bilski may herald a new age; Denmark lays off many patent examiners amid sanity redux
Read more »Bilski - What It Means, Part 5 (Conclusion) -- What About Microsoft's Patent Threats?
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Let's conclude our series of articles on In Re Bilski by looking at what the ruling may mean for Microsoft's threats against Linux. We can start by figuring out what kinds of patents Microsoft might think it owns.
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[FSF] Free Software Supporter, November 2008
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