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Article | 10/05/2013 Appeals court ruling could be 'death' of software patents
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge descri...
Article | 8/02/2013 Appeals court considers software patents
U.S. companies shouldn't be able to get patents on abstract ideas when they combine those ideas with a computer process, a lawyer argued in an appeals...
Article | 7/02/2013 US appeals court asks whether to limit software patents
Should an abstract idea written into software and run on a computer be patentable? That's one question a U.S. appeals court will consider Friday when ...
Article | 14/05/2011 Appeals court throws out Rambus patent ruling
A U.S. appeals court has ruled on two patent lawsuits that pit Rambus against two competing DRAM makers, sending both cases back to district courts fo...
Article | 5/01/2011 Court reverses Microsoft victory in patent case
A U.S. appeals court has restored a jury verdict in a multimillion-dollar patent infringement case against Microsoft but ordered a new trial on damage...
Article | 29/06/2010 Court patent ruling leaves software patents intact
The U.S. Supreme Court has ducked the question of whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) should continue to issue software patents in a ...