Supreme Court To Take Up Bilski Patent Case
6/1/2009
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider what types of business
methods should be patentable as it indicated it would take up the
Bilski patent case today. The Computer & Communications Industry
Association is pleased with the additional opportunity this provides
for legal clarity. The following quotes can be attributed to Ed Black,
CCIA President & CEO:
“The lack of limits on
patentable subject matter as a result of the State Street decision has
created chaos in the marketplace and provided fertile breeding ground
for patent trolls. We have commended the federal circuit decision in
Bilski as an effort to redraw the limits consistent with Supreme Court
precedent.
“We are pleased by the federal circuit
decision in Bilski because it cuts back on what has been an extremely
problematic area in the patent system that stems from granting patents
on abstract subject matter. We hope the Supreme Court will return to
the wisdom of its earlier rulings and affirm strong principles about
the limits of patentable subject matter.”
Contact:
Heather Greenfield
202-783-0070 ext 113
Ed Black
202-783-0070 ext 110
