Comments on: Federal Circuit to Consider the Patentable Subject Matter of Software http://mrpogson.com/2012/10/10/federal-circuit-to-consider-the-patentable-subject-matter-of-software/ One man. Closing, all the windows. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: oiaohm http://mrpogson.com/2012/10/10/federal-circuit-to-consider-the-patentable-subject-matter-of-software/#comment-99642 oiaohm Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:01:51 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14908#comment-99642 eug as the patent blood bath gets worse it will be interesting to see how many trolls stuff up and start passing gpl code around to confirm there case so ruining it.

]]> By: eug http://mrpogson.com/2012/10/10/federal-circuit-to-consider-the-patentable-subject-matter-of-software/#comment-99603 eug Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:14:06 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14908#comment-99603 The true legal vulnerability of Linux

http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/301421/true-legal-vulnerability-linux

]]> By: Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/2012/10/10/federal-circuit-to-consider-the-patentable-subject-matter-of-software/#comment-99573 Robert Pogson Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:09:49 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14908#comment-99573 Unfortunately this Federal Circuit is part of the problem and nothing decisive may result until the issues reaches SCOTUS. The good thing about this story is the clarity of the question. It has not been raised so forcefully, I suspect, because many lawyers make a ton of money from the litigation.

]]> By: dougman http://mrpogson.com/2012/10/10/federal-circuit-to-consider-the-patentable-subject-matter-of-software/#comment-99561 dougman Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:07:42 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=14908#comment-99561 Software patents should be all tossed out.

Software Patents only serve to harm innovation. Whats more nearly every book on the subject states it is best to not even search for a patent due to the extra punishment for knowingly violating a patent. So every company ignores the patent system because there are so many garbage patents out there that it is impossible to write software without violating someones patent.

Patent trolls hurt the economy far more than they help. In particular, their lawsuits cost about half a trillion dollars of lost wealth to defendants from 1990 through 2010, mostly from technology companies. This is yet more evidence that software patents — which should never have been allowed — are costing a fortune in lost opportunities and lost jobs today.

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