Analysis: Less patent shield for code
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| Clearing the way for wider worldwide distribution of computer
| software code, and saving Microsoft Corp. millions of dollars in patent
| damages, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it is not illegal to send
| Windows code abroad for copying and installing in foreign-made computers,
| even if the code incorporates a part of someone else's patented invention.
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http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2007/04/analysis_less_p.html
Supreme Court to Patent Appeals Court: Drop Dead
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| Then the justices cupped their hands astride their mouths and
| shouted in unison: Fewer patents!
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http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.com/2007/05/01/supreme-court-to-patent-appeals-court-drop-dead/
http://tinyurl.com/23lwp9
Many more links on this topic. Software patents lose their importance, so
less filings are likely. Like DRM, American companies might as well retreat
from it gradually and it will become a dinosaur.
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