Saved by Alice
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#2Patent trolls only stifle real innovation.
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#3Clarified by Enfish.
Enfish v Microsoft
> The Supreme Court has suggested that claims “purport[ing] to improve the functioning of the computer itself,” or “improv[ing] an existing technological process” might not succumb to the abstract idea exception.
http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions-or...
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#4So... what is Alice?
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#5So... what is Alice?
Did you not read the article? Alice is the name of a company, and also the abbreviated name of a court case (Alice v. CLS Bank) in which Alice, the company, was the plaintiff.
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#6So... what is Alice?
Did you not read the article? Alice is the name of a company, and also the abbreviated name of a court case (Alice v. CLS Bank) in which Alice, the company, was the plaintiff.
To be fair, the linked page does not adequately explain what Alice is. To me it was clear that it was some important court case and they just want to call it "Alice". But I can understand why it might be hard to understand for some.
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#8So... what is Alice?
There are three important and recent US Federal Court decisions relating to software patents. Alice [1] and Bilski [2] strongly limit business method patents as falling under the abstract idea exception [4]. Enfish [3] goes the other way and protects software patent claims relating to the functioning of computers themselves.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Corp._v._CLS_Bank_Intern...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilski_v._Kappos
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfish,_LLC_v._Microsoft_Corp.,
Re: Saved by Alice
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you not read the article? Alice is the name of a company, and also the abbreviated name of a court case (Alice v. CLS Bank) in which Alice, the company, was the plaintiff.
To be fair, the linked page does not adequately explain what Alice is. To me it was clear that it was some important court case and they just want to call it "Alice". But I can understand why it might be hard to understand for some.
The first sentence of the article is:
> In Alice v. CLS Bank, the Supreme Court ruled ...
That introduces the context pretty early and clearly.
Re: Saved by Alice
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you not read the article? Alice is the name of a company, and also the abbreviated name of a court case (Alice v. CLS Bank) in which Alice, the company, was the plaintiff.
To be fair, the linked page does not adequately explain what Alice is. To me it was clear that it was some important court case and they just want to call it "Alice". But I can understand why it might be hard to understand for some.
You can't be serious. The very first words of the article are:
"In Alice v. CLS Bank, the Supreme Court ruled that ..."
That makes it clear that "Alice v. CLS Bank" is a court case, and Alice was the name of one of the litigants. That phrase is linked to another article, whose first sentence is:
"In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank today."
Anyone older than six who can't figure this out on their own should be ashamed of themselves.