SCOTUSblog: Business method patents nearly bite the dust
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Started by: ggiedkeggiedke
Date: 07 Jul 2010 07:04
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Summary:
Goldstein argues that "Justice Stevens was originally going to author the Court’s opinion in Bilski but subsequently lost his majority to Justice Kennedy." In terms of consequences, he states: "On the broadest level of whether the Court might revisit Bilski in a later case when Justice Scalia has the opportunity to consider the matter further, I think the answer is clearly no. In statutory cases like this one [...] the Justices try to adhere to stare decisis. The decision in Bilski settles the question that business methods are patentable subject matter until Congress decides otherwise"."//
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