Supreme Court rules that software patents cannot be about abstract ideas

[Guest Christian de Looper]

 

Today the Supreme Court ruled that software patents can no longer be about abstract ideas, meaning that companies will need to be a little more specific when filing their patents. The ruling was in favor of CLS Bank, a company accused by Alice Corporation of violating a number of its patents related to computer trading systems.

 

This ruling doesn’t mean that 100s of software patents are no longer valid. The opinions that were drafted were to avoid ruling too broadly. Some abstract ideas may still be able to get patented, but generally inventors will need to do better than simply recreating basic, abstract ideas using a computer.

 

Source: Supreme Court

Via: Engadget

 

 

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