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USPTO Demands EFF Censor Its Comments On Patentable Subject Matter

Posted by timothy on from the adversarial-justice-system dept.

An anonymous reader sends this report from TechDirt: As you know, last year the Supreme Court made a very important ruling in the Alice v. CLS Bank case, in which it basically said that merely doing something on a general purpose computer didn't automatically make it patentable. ... However, the USPTO apparently was offended at parts of the EFF's comment submission, claiming that it was an "improper protest." Protest or not, the EFF denies in strong terms that the original comments were improper.

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  1. hey USPTO.... Here you go by ganjadude · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. I think by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That if (redacted) (redacted) then (redacted) because (redacted) (redacted) (redacted). Really.