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==The judges==
  
The judges of the 2009 term (Oct '09 - Oct '10), who are deciding the [[Bilski v. Kappos]] case are:
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The judges of the 2009 term (Oct '09 - Oct '10), who wrote the [[Bilski v. Kappos]] decision are:
  
 
* [[Chief Justice Roberts]]
 
* [[Chief Justice Roberts]]
* [[Justice Stevens]] (retired; widely expected to be replaced by [[Elena Kagan on software patents|Elena Kagan]])
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* [[Justice Stevens]] (retired after Bilski; widely expected to be replaced by [[Elena Kagan on software patents|Elena Kagan]])
 
* [[Justice Scalia]]
 
* [[Justice Scalia]]
 
* [[Justice Kennedy]]
 
* [[Justice Kennedy]]

Revision as of 19:05, 20 July 2010

The US Supreme Court is the highest court in the USA.

Some important cases

Cases treating the most important topic, patentable subject matter:

Other cases that have affected software patents:

The judges

The judges of the 2009 term (Oct '09 - Oct '10), who wrote the Bilski v. Kappos decision are:

Justice Stevens is the only member of the court involved in previous cases which touched on patentable subject matter. Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Parker v. Flook (1978, USA), and wrote a dissenting opinion in Diamond v. Diehr (1981, USA).

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