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Techdirt: Court Slaps Down Software And Business Model Patents

“The routine addition of modern electronics to an otherwise unpatentable invention typically creates a prima facie case of obviousness.”

“It is thus clear that the present statute does not allow patents to be issued on particular business systems — such as a particular type of arbitration — that depend entirely on the use of mental processes.”

And now some sanity returning to the patent extortion industry. Wonderful step in the right direction.