U.S. Patent Office Now Rejecting 78 Percent Of Business Method Patents

[Guest]

After the Alice vs CLS Bank Supreme Court ruling, there has been a sharp decline in patent lawsuits and patent application approvals at the Patent Office. This could lead to a major shift in the current or future patent battles.

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[balister]

About time someone at the USPTO pulled their head out.

 

[anthony8989]

Lol wouldn't it be funny if Samsung and Qualcomm orchestrated this all to thwart Nvidia's patent lawsuit against them.

 

[Cons29]

about time. don't let anyone do ridiculous patents. regular shapes, colors, etc.

 

[beshonk]

about time. don't let anyone do ridiculous patents. regular shapes, colors, etc.

Nvidia's lawsuit is related to both the GPU hardware and the required software to drive it. Their patents are completely legit (since they acquired 3dfx) and they should be paid royalties for the ideas they own.

 

[Cons29]

yeah, but samsung (and also qualcomm?) are not from the US, i doubt they have enough influence. and they really need to fix this

 

[WilliamChan4]

I'm sure the USPTO is still so in bed with Apple that they'll give them the patent for "inflating the value of a product through marketing" if someone inside decided to apply for it.

 

[zfreak280]

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure business method patents have nothing to do with computer software or hardware patents.

 

[Cons29]

about time. don't let anyone do ridiculous patents. regular shapes, colors, etc.

Nvidia's lawsuit is related to both the GPU hardware and the required software to drive it. Their patents are completely legit (since they acquired 3dfx) and they should be paid royalties for the ideas they own.

i was speaking about the patent system in general sorry. not about nvidia