Supreme Court To Hear Key Case On Software Patents That Appeals Court Couldn't Figure Out

Posted by BernardSwiss on Dec 8, 2013 1:22 AM EDT
Techdirt; By Mike Masnick
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Earlier today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal on the Alice vs. CLS Bank case which is yet another case that looks at the patentability of software. The ruling in the Federal Circuit appeals court (CAFC) was one of the biggest judicial messes you'll ever see. The ruling was 135 pages of different judges all disagreeing with each other. In all of that there is only one single paragraph that the court agreed on -- one which rejected the patent as not being patentable subject matter. But as for why they did that? No one could agree.

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