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{{navbox}}'''Case law''' is only really of interest to us if it's based on "[[patentable subject matter]]" - what categories of ideas can or cannot be patented.
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==Case law on subject matter==
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There are many [[criteria]] on which a court can rule a patent to be invalid.  A court might say the patent wasn't original enough, or wasn't sufficiently innovative.  Those court rulings are not very interesting for our goal of excluding software from patentability. An example is the ruling in [[Germany]] which invalidated [[Microsoft's FAT patents|Microsoft's Fat32 patent]].{{fact}}
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Examples of useful rulings include [[Aerotel v. Telco (2006, UK)]], and [[in re Bilski (2008, USA)]].
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==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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* [[:Category:Case law by region]]
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* [[Case law in Germany]]
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* [[Case law in the UK]]
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* [[Case law in the USA]]
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* [[How to read patents]]
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* [[Patent governance]]
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==External links==
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* [http://www.pubpat.org/garrodglossariesreleased.htm Dr. David Garrod's Glossaries of <nowiki>[</nowiki>USA<nowiki>]</nowiki> Judicial Claim Constructions Available Free of Charge]
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[[Category:Understanding the patent system]]
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[[Category:Court cases and litigation]]

Revision as of 20:32, 30 July 2010

Case law is only really of interest to us if it's based on "patentable subject matter" - what categories of ideas can or cannot be patented.

Case law on subject matter

There are many criteria on which a court can rule a patent to be invalid. A court might say the patent wasn't original enough, or wasn't sufficiently innovative. Those court rulings are not very interesting for our goal of excluding software from patentability. An example is the ruling in Germany which invalidated Microsoft's Fat32 patent.[reference needed]


Examples of useful rulings include Aerotel v. Telco (2006, UK), and in re Bilski (2008, USA).

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

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