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Intellectual Property

Dec. 27, 2014

Judges stingy with patent protection following high court ruling

Six months after a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision, judges have responded to questions of whether patent protection should apply to software and computer-implemented technology with a resounding "no."


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Six months after a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision, judges have responded to questions of whether patent protection should apply to software and computer-implemented technology with a resounding "no."


The high court established in a June ruling that abstract ideas and business methods grounded in "generic computer implementation" are not eligible for patent protection. Ali...

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