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Re:New Limits on Patents by sabat on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @04:55PM (#18831)
Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last! Woohooooo!
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Re:New Limits on Patents by brlewis on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @08:58PM (#18878)
I don't think so. It's the most software-patent-friendly SC decision ever. Of course, the question before them wasn't the validity of the patent. Still, it helps cement the current mess we have in flagrant violation of previous SC precedents (Diehr, etc.)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-1056.ZS.html

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Re:New Limits on Patents by mojuba on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @05:09PM (#18836)
You mean, you were a nonsense patent? :)
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