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Can You Copyright Algorithmic Output?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090730/1747055719.shtml
How Wolfram Alpha could change software
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| The upstart "computational knowledge engine" claims its results are original
| works, raising important questions about software and intellectual property
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http://infoworld.com/d/developer-world/how-wolfram-alpha-could-change-software-248
Recent:
Judge Invalidates Software Patent, Citing Bilski
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| "US District Court Judge Andrew Gilford (Central District of California)
| granted a summary judgment motion in DealerTrack v. Huber et al., finding
| DealerTrack's patent (US 7,181,427) â for an automated credit application
| processing system â invalid due to the recent In re Bilski court decision
| that requires a patent to either involve 'transformation' or 'a specific
| machine.' According to Judge Gilford's ruling, DealerTrack 'appears to
| concede that the claims of the '427 Patent do not meet the "transformation"
| prong of the Bilski test.' He then applied the 'specific machine' test and
| noted that, post-Bilski the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences has
| ruled several times that 'claims reciting the use of general purpose
| processors or computers do not satisfy the [Bilski] test.' Judge Gilford
| analyzes the claims of the '427 patent, notes that they state that
| the 'machine' involved could be a 'dumb terminal' and a 'personal computer,'
| and then concludes: 'None of the claims of the '427 Patent require the use of
| a "particular machine," and the patent is thus invalid under Bilski.'
| DealerTrack apparently plans to appeal the ruling. Interesting times ahead."
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http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/10/1218231/Judge-Invalidates-Software-Patent-Citing-Bilski?from=rss
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