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To: AndyTheBear
Patent laws really do need to be updated as they apply to high tech. Big ideas are a dime a dozen. The thing we need to reward is good implementation.

Didn't the Supreme Court already rule that software is a matter of Copyright laws and not Patent laws.

18 posted on 03/31/2006 6:53:54 AM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup

Didn't the Supreme Court already rule that software is a matter of Copyright laws and not Patent laws.



No. Software can embody patentable innovations.


21 posted on 03/31/2006 7:38:32 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Paul C. Jesup
Didn't the Supreme Court already rule that software is a matter of Copyright laws and not Patent laws.

No, can you be more specific? I am aware that there are thousands and thousands of software algorithm "patents". Perhaps calling them patents is only a layman term? Perhaps this ruling you speak of was recent and just overturned them?

Most of the time no legal challenges are made, because they are just too silly. But there are some lawyer heavy "software" companies who don't really produce software, but simply try to patent the obvious and bring harassment lawsuits.

43 posted on 04/01/2006 8:43:02 AM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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