U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Software Patent Case


The Electronic Frontier Foundation has an excellent analysis of what is at stake here depending on how the Supreme Court rules. With Congress currently dealing with the Innovations Act (a bill meant to curb patent trolling) and the Supreme Court taking up the issue, we could see positive changes to how software patents are obtained and how they are enforced in the future. When it comes to games, vague software patents can drain companies of thousands or millions of dollars due to either out of court settlements or legal fees, so its important that this issue is settled in a real and meaningful way. We will have more on this story as it develops.

Source: EFF



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    Sleaker says:

    Hmm, hopefully software is determined to be too abstract to patent.  It's already elligible for copyright protection, which seems like enough as far as the industry is concerned with.

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