Bad Day for Bad Patents: U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down Abstract Software Patent
Nazer, Daniel; Ranieri, Vera http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/bad-day-bad-patents-supreme-court-unanimously-strikes-down-abstract-software
Publisher: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date Written: 19/06/2014
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank today, striking down an abstract software patent. Essentially, the Court ruled that adding “on a computer” to an abstract idea does not make it patentable. Many thousands of software patents — particularly the vague and overbroad patents so beloved by patent trolls — should be struck down under this standard.
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