Patent News
27 Jan 2009, arstechnica.com
Ctrl-Z: a return to the Supreme Court's software patent ban?
With the US Patent Office and courts cracking down on software patents, Ars takes a close look at the Supreme Court's software patent decisions. Yes, the highest court in the land really did say that algorithms can't be patented. And in spite of the fact that their rulings have been functionally ignored for almost two decades, the tide may be about to turn.