Supreme Court Skeptical of Computer-Based Patents

walterbyrd (182728) writes "The case, Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, poses huge risks for both sides. If the court upholds the patent or rules only narrowly against it without affecting most others, the problem of too many patents — and patent lawsuits — will continue. In that case, Justice Stephen Breyer said, future competition could move from price and quality to 'who has the best patent lawyer.'"

Re:Best lawyer

[sconeu]

The US Constitution is great reading. Fortunately, there's not a copyright on it so you can read and copy it as you see fit.

But the Founding Fathers put all that work into it!! How would you feel if some other country just copied it for their own use?

Re:COULD move from?

[N0Man74]

COULD move from price and quality to 'who has the best patent lawyer'?

Has someone patented that process yet?

Oh, Shit. Roberts is falling for it.

[sconeu]

From TFA:

"Just looking at it, it looks pretty complicated," Roberts said in reference to a diagram used in the patent. "There are a lot of arrows and ... different things that go ... in different directions."

Translation: OOH SHINY!!!

Re:Best lawyer

[rjstanford]

s/prostitute/programmer/g

That swap is rarely going to make either side happy.