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I'm really looking forward to the next 5 or 6 years, when all of the software patents created in the 90s and 2000's expire. It can't come soon enough.
by matt_wulfeck 10y ago
I'm really looking forward to the next 5 or 6 years, when all of the software patents created in the 90s and 2000's expire. It can't come soon enough.
- glenneroo 10y agoOr wait until some conglomerate lobbies hard enough to make software patents last as long as the copyright on Micky Mouse.
- binarymax 10y agoIf only this had to do with patents. Oracle is claiming breach of copyright - which lasts over a hundred years.
- DannyBee 10y agoThey originally claimed patents too, which is why this keeps going to the federal circuit instead of the 9th, who would have ended this silliness
- 0xffff2 10y agoHuh? "The 9th [circuit]" is a Federal circuit court...
- _delirium 10y agoThe terminology's confusing, but there's a court named the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [1], even though the term "federal circuit court" also colloquially means the Courts of Appeals in general. This Federal Circuit is a non-geographical Court of Appeals, separate from the 11 numbered, geographically based Courts of Appeals, and has exclusive jurisdiction over patent cases (among a few other things). They also have a reputation of being very pro-IP-plaintiff compared to the courts in general. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals...
- 0xffff2 10y agoAh, so the "Federal Circuit" is another court at the same level as the other circuit courts that doesn't have a number associated with it. The choice of abbreviation is confusing to say the least.