Microsoft Wins in Supreme Court; AT&T Ruling Overturned
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| In a stunning 7-1 decision with extremely broad implications in
| the field of patents and patentability, the US Supreme Court has
| overturned a Federal Circuit ruling that was in favor of AT&T,
| and has apparently affirmed Microsoft's arguments that software
| coupled with the device on which the software is installed
| cannot be considered patentable.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Wins_in_Supreme_Court_ATT_Ruling_Overturned/1177944397
More here:
http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/30/technology/microsoft_att.reut/index.htm?postversion=2007043010
Microsoft has (perhaps stupidly) argued throughout the trial that software
should indeed /not/ be patentable. It agrees to this assertion made by the
court.
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