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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://mises.org/daily/3702 Radical Patent Reform Is ''Not'' on the Way],  Stephan Kinsella - looks at cases, mostly which touched the obviousness criterion
 
* [http://mises.org/daily/3702 Radical Patent Reform Is ''Not'' on the Way],  Stephan Kinsella - looks at cases, mostly which touched the obviousness criterion
 
* [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
 
* [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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Revision as of 08:43, 17 April 2010

Case law in the USA is the collection of rulings handed down by the courts that deal with patents in the USA.

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 indicated that the scope of patenting was to be narrowed.

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.

Of historical interest

O'Reilly v. Morse, 1853

Gottschalk v. Benson, 1972

Parker v Flook, 1978

The 80s and 90s rulings which opened floodgates

Recent rulings which question swpats

Unsorted cases

AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications Inc., 172 F.3d 1352, 1356­59 (Fed. Cir. 1999)

Ex parte Yang-Huffman, Appeal 2007­2130, slip op. at 3 (Bd. Pat. App. & Interf. Oct. 4, 2007)

Graham v. John Deere, 383 U.S. 1, 6 (1966)

In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1543 (Fed. Cir. 1994)

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., 548 U.S. 124 (2007)

NTP v. Research in Motion, Ltd., 397 F. Supp. 2d 785 (E.D. Va. 2005)

Northern Telecom v. Datapoint, 908 F.2d 931, 940-941 (1990)

State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., 149 F.3d 1368, 1374 n. 6 (Fed. Cir. 1999)

eBay v. MercExchange (2006, USA)

Finding USA court documents

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