Life Since the Baby Boom

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Software should not be patented

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Albert Cory
Apr 24, 2023
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Principal Skinner wonders if he’s out of touch. Lawyers occasionally wonder why engineers think software patents are worthless. But to both, it’s the children who are wrong.

Last week I wrote about section 112 of the patent statute and the need for source code in software patents. This is about the solution.

Until Alice v. CLS Bank was finally decided in…

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