[ale] Bilski Patent Rejected

[Larry Johnson]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Charles Shapiro
<hooterpincher at gmail.com>wrote:

> The US Supreme Court has officially decided In Re Bilski.  It has at
> least started to hint that software and business methods may not be
> patentable.
> This is really good news if you write or use open-source software.
>
> -- CHS
> _______________________________________________
>



Yes it is generally very good news.  As usual, groklaw did a good job
covering it.  Here's the link:


http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100628100422167

Larry


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                                    Tom DeMarco
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