Comments on: Current Patent ‘Reform’ Criticised in the Press, Software Patents Need to Go http://techrights.org/2011/09/12/required-reform-missed/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Jose_X http://techrights.org/2011/09/12/required-reform-missed/comment-page-1/#comment-130272 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:52:30 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=53390#comment-130272 Thanks for the links.

]]> By: saulgoode http://techrights.org/2011/09/12/required-reform-missed/comment-page-1/#comment-130249 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:58:50 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=53390#comment-130249 The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that next spring they will hear the case of Mayo versus Prometheus. This case involves a medical “process” but arguments against are closely related to the arguments against software patenting because the “process” is abstract and doesn’t result in any transformation of matter.

The Cato Institute has submitted a well-written amicus brief (PDF) which attributes much of the problems of medical process, business method, and software patents to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals failing to intepret patent law as it was written by Congress and as it has historically been followed by the Supreme Court.

The American Civil Liberties Union has also submitted an amicus brief which I presume comes down on the side of abrogating these patents, but I have not yet had the chance to peruse it.

Hopefully, this time the Supreme Court — especially in light of the recent litigation frenzy taking place — will step up and provide an authoritative decision which abolishes these asinine patent grants.

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