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| − | {{navbox}}'''Case law in the USA''' is the collection of rulings handed down by the [[USA patents courts and appeals|courts that deal with patents]] in the [[USA]].
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| − | The [[US Supreme Court]] made rulings in the 80s and 90s that were interpreted as allowing [[software patents]], however, none of these rulings dealt with the question explicitly. A 2007 ruling in [[KSR v. Teleflex (2007, USA)|KSR v Teleflex]] indicated that the scope of patenting was to be narrowed.
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| − | A 2008 ruling of the [[Federal Circuit court]] in the case [[in re Bilski]] introduced the [[machine-or-transformation test]] which narrows or closes the scope for patenting software ideas. The Supreme Court is reviewing this new test in the [[Bilski v. Kappos]] case.
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| − | ==Of historical interest==
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| − | ===O'Reilly v. Morse, 1853===
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| − | * Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O’Reilly_v._Morse O’Reilly v. Morse]
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| − | ===Gottschalk v. Benson, 1972===
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| − | * Full name: Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63 (1972)
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| − | * Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottschalk_v._Benson Gottschalk v. Benson]
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| − | ===Parker v Flook, 1978===
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| − | * Article: [[Parker v. Flook (1978, USA)]]
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| − | * Full name: Parker v Flook, 437 U.S. 584 (1978)
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| − | * Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_v._Flook Parker v. Flook]
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| − | ==The 80s and 90s rulings which opened floodgates==
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| − | *[[Diamond v. Diehr, 1981]]
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| − | ==Recent rulings which question swpats==
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| − | * [[KSR v. Teleflex (2007, USA)]]
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| − | * "Bilski" - [[in re Bilski]] CAFC 2008, and in the Supreme Court 2009/2010 as [[Bilski v. Kappos]]
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| − | ==Unsorted cases==
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| − | AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications Inc., 172 F.3d 1352, 135659 (Fed. Cir. 1999)
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| − | Ex parte Yang-Huffman, Appeal 20072130, slip op. at 3 (Bd. Pat. App. & Interf. Oct. 4, 2007)
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| − | Graham v. John Deere, 383 U.S. 1, 6 (1966)
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| − | [[In re Alappat]], 33 F.3d 1526, 1543 (Fed. Cir. 1994)
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| − | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., 548 U.S. 124 (2007)
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| − | NTP v. Research in Motion, Ltd., 397 F. Supp. 2d 785 (E.D. Va. 2005)
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| − | Northern Telecom v. Datapoint, 908 F.2d 931, 940-941 (1990)
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| − | [[State Street v. Signature Financial Group|State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.]], 149 F.3d 1368, 1374 n. 6 (Fed. Cir. 1999)
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| − | [[eBay v. MercExchange (2006, USA)]]
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| − | ==Finding USA court documents==
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| − | * Example, for [[i4i v. Microsoft]]: http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-txedce/case_no-6:2007cv00113/case_id-101834/ - not very useful, but it's a start
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| − | ==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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| − | * [[USA patents courts and appeals]]
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| − | * [[Microsoft v. AT&T (2006, USA)]]
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| − | * [[In re Lowry]]
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| − | * [[In re Alappat]]
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| − | * [[State Street v. Signature Group (1999, USA)]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_United_States_patent_law Software patents under United States patent law]
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| − | * [http://neuro.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/search.html?query=patent&scope=onlysyllabi Patent rulings by the Supreme Court]
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| − | * [http://progfree.org/Links/prep.ai.mit.edu/index.html LPF's page contains links to various Amicus briefs, among other things]
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| − | * [http://www.bitlaw.com/software-patent/history.html Bitlaw.com's History of software patents in the USA]
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| − | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/congress-weighs-patent-specialization-for-federal-judges.ars Congress weighs patent specialization for federal judges], by [[Timothy B. Lee]], 2009 - discusses a possible change in Judge selection
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| − | * http://patentsusa.blogspot.com/ - will have to read it to see if it's interesting
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| − | * [http://www.pubpat.org/garrodglossariesreleased.htm Dr. David Garrod's Glossaries of Judicial Claim Constructions Available Free of Charge]
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| − | * [http://mises.org/daily/3702 Radical Patent Reform Is ''Not'' on the Way], Stephan Kinsella - looks at cases, mostly which touched the obviousness criterion
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| − | * [http://neuro.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/search.html?query=patent Patent Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court], neuro.law.cornell.edu search engine
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