Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Alice v. CLS Bank

  1. Jun 10th, 2014, 01:02 AM #1
    Maven
    Maven is offline

    Thread Starter
    Hyperactive Member Maven's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    Greeneville, TN
    Posts
    322

    Alice v. CLS Bank

    Any of you guys waiting to see what the supreme court decides?

    I really hope they narrow down software patents. They are way too strong ATM.
    Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. - Oscar Wilde
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. Jun 10th, 2014, 04:44 AM #2
    jmcilhinney
    jmcilhinney is offline
    Super Moderator jmcilhinney's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Sydney, Australia
    Posts
    110,344

    Re: Alice v. CLS Bank

    I don't actually know what case you're referring to but I would agree that software patents have been too broad. If similar rules had been applied to cars then I think that Ford would be the only company producing cars with four wheels.
    Why is my data not saved to my database? | MSDN Data Walkthroughs
    VBForums Database Development FAQ
    My CodeBank Submissions: VB (Sorting AlphaNumeric Strings Logically NEW, Binding a Data Reader in Windows Forms NEW) | C# (Sorting AlphaNumeric Strings Logically NEW, Binding a Data Reader in Windows Forms NEW)
    My Blog: Data Among Multiple Forms (3 parts)
    Beginner Tutorials: VB | C# | SQL
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. Jun 10th, 2014, 05:43 AM #3
    Steve R Jones
    Steve R Jones is offline
    Administrator Steve R Jones's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Largo, FL.
    Posts
    1,837

    Re: Alice v. CLS Bank

    Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, a legal case about software patents that the United States Supreme Court will hear in 2014, presents the issue whether certain claims about a computer-implemented, electronic escrow service for facilitating financial transactions concern abstract ideas ineligible for patent protection.[1] It is the first Supreme Court case on the patentability of software since Gottschalk v. Benson in 1972.[2] This case could establish a test of patent-eligibility that clarifies under what circumstances one may patent software or can be found to be infringing on a software patent.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_C..._International
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. Jun 10th, 2014, 06:31 AM #4
    SJWhiteley
    SJWhiteley is offline
    PowerPoster SJWhiteley's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    South of the Mason-Dixon Line
    Posts
    2,256

    Re: Alice v. CLS Bank

    Really, as already noted, software patents are overly broad. Patently so, I would say...

    The central issue is that a lot of these concepts have already been 'discovered', and even implemented, but technology, such as high speed connectivity, wasn't available to realize the invention.
    "Ok, my response to that is pending a Google search" - Bucky Katt.
    "There are two types of people in the world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data sets." - Unk.
    "Before you can 'think outside the box' you need to understand where the box is."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules


Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width