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Red Hat Urges USPTO To Deny Most Software Patents

Posted by samzenpus on from the stop-giving-it-away dept.

Julie188 writes "The United States Patent and Trademark Office asked for public input on how it should use the Supreme Court's Bilski decision to guide it when granting new patents. Not surprisingly, Red Hat took them up on it. The USPTO should use Bilski and the fact that the machine transformation test is 'important' to Just Say No to most software patents, it advised. Rob Tiller, Red Hat's Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, IP, is hopeful that the patent office will listen and put an end to the crazy software patent situation that has turned patents into weapons that hinder innovation."

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  1. They will stop all software patents. by pablo_max · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure that's what they will do. After all, they have a long history of putting the public ahead of big business and making sensible decisions.

  2. Re:Help us steal from others! by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Name a single company that hasn't "stolen" an idea from someone else.

    RedHat.

  3. Re:Help us steal from others! by Richard+W.M.+Jones · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would be quite a feat, as stealing ideas is just not possible.

    It is if I use my patented brain eraser on you!

    --
    libguestfs - tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images
  4. I need software patents to survive! by winnitude · · Score: 1, Funny

    I make millions from suing college students who copy my "Hello World" code!