US Supreme Court looks at patent trolling

Posted Mar 20, 2014 10:14 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (guest, #307)
In reply to: US Supreme Court looks at patent trolling by dgm
Parent article: US Supreme Court looks at patent trolling

In the case of software patents, they are ALL weak and meritless.

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US Supreme Court looks at patent trolling

Posted Mar 20, 2014 17:00 UTC (Thu) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link] (1 responses)

> In the case of patents, they are ALL weak and meritless.

There isn't anything really special about 'software patents' that does not apply to any other sorts of patents.

They are all "If you do step A, B, C, and D and are able to accomplish E then we can sue you". What specific activities patents can and cannot cover is really very arbitrary.

US Supreme Court looks at patent trolling

Posted Mar 21, 2014 23:27 UTC (Fri) by hummassa (guest, #307) [Link]

Nope.

REAL, engineering patents, are of the sort "you put a rod of this format and a wheel of this specific format and things can be done with this tool in this and this specific way."

like "apparatus to lift heavier-than-air aircraft".