Supreme
Court Limits (But Doesn't End) Software Patents
A unanimous
Supreme Court narrowed the reach of
Software Patents June 19.
The Court*
ruled*that simply involving a computer in an idea
Doesn't mean it's patentable. The justices tossed out several
Patents belonging to Alice, an Australian financial services company, and the ruling could invalidate other similar patents.
But the
Court didn't go as far as many patent critics had hoped, declining to strike down all
Software patents. Critics argue that a rise in litigation (especially over
Software patents) is suppressing in**vation and limiting consumers' access to tech**logy.
The
Supreme Court has long ruled that "abstract" ideas are generally **t patentable. Alice's
Patents covered a computer system for facilitating financial transactions. CLS Bank challenged the patents, and the high
Court agreed that a patentable invention must do more than just add a computer to an otherwise abstract idea.
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