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| Authored by: lnuss on Friday, May 10 2013 @ 04:57 PM EDT |
It does initially sound encouraging, though I'm still expecting a catch
somewhere -- it's too good to be true.
But I'm hoping...
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| Authored by: xtifr on Friday, May 10 2013 @ 05:01 PM EDT |
Now here's crossing all the bones in my body that can be crossed
in the hopes this makes it's way to the Supremes and the Supremes
confirm!
Even if it isn't appealed, or the Supremes refuse to hear
it, it's still great news. One whole circuit with this precedent is a
lot better than none. And especially the Federal Circuit,
since that's where patent cases are generally going to end up. This is already
about as close as it's possible to be to a universal rule without the
Supremes' official ruling.
On the other hand, I hope you're right,
because that would one step closer to fulfilling one of the predictions I made
for 2013 on a "post random predictions to pretend you have psychic powers"
thread on another forum. :)
(The remaining step would be for the SCOTUS
to rule against the patent on narrow grounds that suggest that software
is not generally patentable, but stop just short of making that clear for once
and for all. If they do that, I'll have a better claim to psychic powers than
many people who actually claim to have psychic powers, since I'll be
batting 50%, and my other prediction is pretty likely to come true too.)
:)
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 10 2013 @ 05:26 PM EDT |
At its most basic, a computer
is just a calculator capable of
performing mental steps
faster than a human could. Unless the claims require
a
computer to perform operations that are not merely
accelerated calculations, a
computer does not itself confer
patent eligibility.
I dearly hope
the Supremes get to examine that concept for clarification. Of course, I
further hope they agree.
RAS
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