Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Newegg Patent Case

NormalVisual writes "'It's a really tough time to be a patent owner', said Soverain Software, LLC president Katharine Wolanyk, after the Supreme Court refused to hear their appeal after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit invalidated three of Soverain's shopping cart patents. Soverain had sued Newegg for allegedly infringing the patents in question, and had won in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Newegg later had the decision overturned on appeal, with the court ruling that the patents in question were obvious, and thus invalid."

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Re:"Patents for selling online and taking payments

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

I will keep suggesting:

1. If it's done in the real world, a simulation or work-alike is not patentable per se.

2. If it's done over a hardline network, doing it wirelessly is not patentable.

3. If it's done on a PC, doing it on a tablet or phone or (tbd) is not inherently patentable.

This is not to say clever implementations could not be patented, but merely changing venue (device, network type, or making a simulation of a real-world thing) is in no way innovative in an obvious sense.