[ NNSquad ] Federal Court says only "difficult math" is patentable

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Federal Court says only "difficult math" is patentable

http://j.mp/oAkGsE  (ars technica)

   "In order to justify this result, the court gives the most thorough
    defense of software patents that we've ever seen from the judiciary.
    We don't think the line they draw-between ordinary math and math that
    requires a computer-makes much sense from either a legal or policy
    perspective. But the ruling at least signals that, for the first time
    in over a decade, the courts are thinking hard about how to apply the
    Supreme Court's old software patent cases in the modern world."

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--Lauren--
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