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"'''Bilski'''" an ongoing set of series of court cases that will change the patentability of software in the [[USA]].  The Bilski patent itself is a [[business method patent]], not a [[software patent]], but the court ruling will affect the patentability of software either directly or because it will replace previous rulings which affect the patentability of software.
 
 
 
==Origins==
 
 
 
The [[USPTO]] rejected Bilski's patent.  Bilski appealed to the ''[[Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences]]'', but was rejected again.  Bilski took the USPTO to the [[Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit]] (CAFC), again demanding that his patent be granted, again rejected ([[in re Bilski]]).  So Bilski asked the [[US Supreme Court]] to review the CAFC's decision, and they agreed.  This is the pending case [[Bilski v. Kappos]].
 
 
 
==Why is it important?==
 
 
 
The 2008 ruling of the [[Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit]] (CAFC) was broad enough to reject Bilski's patent ''and'' a certain category of software patents.
 
 
 
The [[US Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] agreed to review the CAFC's ruling (as [[Bilski v. Kappos (2009, USA)|Bilski v. Kappos]]), and the judges raised the issue of software during [http://news.swpat.org/2009/11/bilski-hearing-transcript/ the hearing].
 
 
 
The Supreme Court's ruling could greatly change the patentability of software patents, business method patents, and the middle ground of e-commerce patents.
 
 
 
==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
 
The related pages on this wiki are:
 
 
 
* [[Bilski v. Kappos (2009, USA)]] - the ongoing case at the US Supreme Court
 
** [[Bilski v. Kappos amicus briefs]]
 
* [[In re Bilski]] - the 2008 case at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
 
* [[Machine-or-transformation]] - the test put in place by the CAFC in 2008
 
* [[Bilski 3]] - brainstorming for the future
 
* [[Bilski brainstorming]] - a page previously used while drafting [[FSF]]'s brief to the Supreme Court
 
* [[Case law in the USA]]
 
* [[Bilski's patent]] - the text of the application
 
 
 
==External links==
 
 
 
* [http://endsoftpatents.org/about-bilski ESP's About Bilski]
 
* [http://www.awakenip.com/?page_id=279 AwakenIP's list of all official documents], for both the CAFC and the Supreme Court cases
 
* [http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/07/post-bilski-landscape-attempt-to-ban-biz-meth-patents-fails.html The Post-Bilski landscape: Why some tried, but failed, to ban "business method" patents], July 15<sup>th</sup> 2010
 
 
 
 
 
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[[Category:Bilski]]
 
[[Category:USA]]
 

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