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Revision as of 03:47, 13 August 2009
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 re Bilski introduced the machine-or-translation test which narrows or closes the scope for patenting software ideas.
The Supreme Court have decided to review the Bilski ruling in late-2009/early-2010 and are accepting amicus briefs.
Contents
Of historical interest
O'Reilly v. Morse, 1853
- Wikipedia: O’Reilly v. Morse
Gottschalk v. Benson, 1972
- Full name: Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63 (1972)
- Wikipedia: Gottschalk v. Benson
Parker v Flook, 1978
- Full name: Parker v Flook, 437 U.S. 584 (1978)
- Wikipedia: Parker v. Flook
The 80s and 90s rulings which opened floodgates
Recent rulings which question swpats
KSR vs Teleflex
The ruling: KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007)
Press coverage
- Supreme Court loosens patent 'obviousness' test
- The April 30 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on Patent Issues
- New Supreme Court patent ruling may create uncertainty
- Supreme Court Makes Holding Patents More Difficult
- KSR v. Teleflex: The Supreme Court’s Big Patent Ruling
Bilski, 2008
(detailed article: in re Bilski, and this case will be reviewed by the Supreme Court in 2010 as Bilski vs Doll)
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)
Finding USA court documents
- 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