Software patents, facing new scrutiny in the U.S., drive innovation and protect huge investments by developers, representatives of software companies said during a Capitol Hill briefing. The U.S. patent system isn't perfect, but lawmakers ...
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U.S. companies shouldn't be able to get patents on abstract ideas when they combine those ideas with a computer process, a lawyer argued in an appeals court Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should invalidate four ...
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