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[LUG] US Court of Appeals reviewing software patents

 

In April of 2008, FSF worked with the End Software Patents (ESP)
campaign to file an amicus curiae brief in the Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit's (CAFC) hearing of the *in re Bilski* case. In
October 2008, the CAFC issued its ruling, which gutted patents on
program ideas running on general-purpose computers. In June of this
year, the Supreme Court decided to review the case.

The full text of the brief is available online at
<http://endsoftpatents.org/amicus-bilski-2009>.

More information about the briefs which have been submitted is
available at
<http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Bilski_v._Kappos_amicus_briefs>.
-- 
james kilty
http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk


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