Courts May Revisit Software Patents

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the courts may finally be gearing up to overturn the ruling that opened the floodgates for both software and business model patents. It's been nearly ten years since the US courts decided that business methods were patentable and that most software could be patentable — and we've all seen what's happened since then. With all the efforts to fix the patent system lately, it appears that the court that originally made that decision may be regretting it, and has agreed to hear a new case that could overturn that ruling and restore some sanity to the patent system."

Comments

Re:if you can't patent maths

[morgan_greywolf]

Hmmm, what exactly is NOT maths in this world? :) Elections using comprised Diebold voting machines?

Re:if you can't patent maths

[youthoftoday]

kudos for spelling Maths properly

Re:Hurrah! Information will be free

[morgan_greywolf]

I just do not accept them and nobody is going to stop me because when they would realy try, it quickly would become clear that software patents do not have any real value, that the whole idea is absurd. You are currently violating my patent, 5,235,354,434,434: Method of doing business by ignoring software patents.

Prepare to be sued.

Re:It'll never happen...

[TheAngryIntern]

I should sue....I already patented the idea that the you could overturn the current patent law.

Re:Hurrah! Information will be free

[Thanshin]

You are currently violating my patent, 5,235,354,434,434: Method of doing business by ignoring software patents. You're clearly referring without permission to the lyrics of my last song "5,235,354,434,434".

Prepare to be sued.

P.S.: "Fiiiiive triiiiilioooons, two hundreeeed thir..."

Re:Hope they cut out the dross patents

[Legrow]

"Maybe there will be some useful amicus briefs."

I think these days most people go with amicus boxers.

Re:The wrong target

[Lyrael]

Paragraphs, dude. Seriously.

Re:Math vs software

[mrsteveman1]

Chrysler is just a subset of Toyota

oh wait, is it still 2008? nm

Re:It'll never happen...

[Tony Hoyle]

The joke has been old for quite some time now.

So you're claiming prior art?

Re:if you can't patent maths

[Splab]

Still maths, its in the same category as Hollywood accounting.