Supreme Court Orders Do-Over On Key Software Patents

Fluffeh writes "It seems that the U.S. Supreme Court has an itch it just can't scratch. A patent granted to the Ultramercial company covers the concept of allowing users to watch a pre-roll advertisement as an alternative to paying for premium content and the company is demanding fees from the likes of Hulu and YouTube. Another company called WildTangent, however, is challenging Ultramercial's 'invention' as merely an abstract idea not eligible for patent protection. Add to this a recent ruling by the Supreme Court restricting patents — albeit on medical diagnostic techniques — and you get into a bit of a pickle. The Supreme Court is now sending the Ultramercial case back to the lower courts for another round, which doesn't mean that the court disagrees with the original ruling, but rather that it thinks it is a patent case that is relevant to the situation and they want to re-examine it under this new light."

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Re:Guess whose bootysnap I'm gonna violate?

[clickclickdrone]

You do realise that this constant spamming of MyCleanPC at your target audience will pretty much guarantee that not only will none of us buy it, but we'll tell other people you're Satan's Spawn and not to go near your product or company ever? Just Saying...

Re:Guess whose bootysnap I'm gonna violate?

[mcgrew]

I doubt he'll see your response, as he's not here to read or comment, just to spam. He probably has a bot scraping the net for places to put his spam that most likely is all automated.

Now I have to look for the parodies, some of them are hilarious.