HR5874 isn't about restoring software patents. It's about undoing every single element of patent reform this century, whether it be the America Invents Act (tha

HR5874 isn't about restoring software patents. It's about undoing every single element of patent reform this century, whether it be the America Invents Act (that normalizes US patent law to bring it in line with the entire rest of the world), or any SCOTUS ruling to the contrary. As one of the commentators on the linked blog points out, it's actually surprising that it's not overruling TC Heartland (which is the case that says, no, you can't bring every patent case in ED Texas because you like the judge there) as well. Every other notable hitter--and not just the subject matter of Alice or Bilski, but things like Oil States that upheld IPR or Impression v Lexmark that held that resales don't violate patents--are also expressly overturned. This isn't the first time such a bill has been introduced in Congress (and it likely won't be the last), but this is going to go absolutely nowhere.