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Appeals Court Makes It Easier To Dump Software Patents

Posted by Unknown on from the your-thoughts-are-infringing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While software patents are still legal, it appears that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sometimes known as the nation's 'patent court' has just made a decision that will make it much easier to reject software patents for being mere 'mental processes'" rather than an actual invention. This could allow the Patent Office and the courts to reject many software patents."

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  1. Re:Patent Court by WebManWalking · · Score: 3, Informative
    As for cutting out juries, no can do, at least not in the US. From http://www.house.gov/house/Constitution/Amend.html here's the 7th amendment, in its entirety:
    • In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.