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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 11:43 PM EDT |
Yup - you just pointed out the common lines of reasoning used to explain
how/why software is patentable.
Whether you're talking method or system
claims, the logic is faulty.
In the event of the invention in Diehr - a
process invention - it was not only software as applied to a computer. It was a
combined system of the computer along with other components such as the mold
with the end result of cured rubber that was patentable.
Did you happen
to notice all the extra physical in that invention outside the
computer?
I don't have a copy of the actual ruling handy, but I seem to
recall having read a phrase from the Supremes in Diehr that the Supremes have
stated elsewhere. In Mayo they
stated the concept quite clearly:
... simply implementing a
mathematical principle on a physical machine, namely a computer, was not a
patentable application...
So... call it a method claim, call it a
system claim... call it a process. Perhaps you can explain how running any
software on a computer in-and-of-itself is more then just:
implementing a
mathematical principle on a physical machine
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 08 2013 @ 05:05 AM EDT |
But those who supplied the binary are also guilty of aiding and abetting the
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 08 2013 @ 07:56 PM EDT |
I disagree with the patent, but a current troll is going
after companies that scan to e-mail. Not the manufacturers
(HP, etc), but the companies. Apparently it's only the
actual act that violates the patent. The machines that are
capable don't, because it's the process, not the technology.
But, if you USE the technology in the way it's designed, you
violate the patent.
Personally, I think the patent is worthless, with plenty of
prior art, but also as an illustration of why business
method and software patents are dangerous and should not be
allowed.
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