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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 13 2013 @ 01:39 PM EDT |
I'd say:
software is always abstract
In Diehr - it was identified
that (my understanding):
software as part of the whole could be patented
with the whole and could not be patented separately
I don't agree with
that. I think the whole process should be protected by a single patent
regardless what software is used - even in the event no software is used. It's
the physical components and process as a whole - minus any "abstract component"
that should have the patent applied.
Person A builds a robot that earns a
patent and programs it to serve tea.
Person B builds the exact same
physical robot and programs it to stand in one place doing back-flips. They
infringe person A's patent.
Person C builds a robot that is physically
different then person A's and programs it to serve tea. They don't infringe the
patent.
The question for challenge is:
What software is not
abstract?
None of it. Since software is a language used to define a
process - it's all 100% abstract. Like any text book on math.
RAS[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 13 2013 @ 02:40 PM EDT |
The SCOTUS has said many times that this ruling or that does NOT mean software
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Authored by: mcinsand on Friday, June 14 2013 @ 07:42 AM EDT |
Most of our software is 8 binary bits per byte, where DNA is base 4 with a 3 bit
byte. It's still software. If people make a new protein and program the DNA to
make the protein, or if people develope a new method for programming DNA, those
might be eligible. However, I see even new DNA as just software.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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