Clarity and consensus seemed beyond the U.S. Supreme Court’s reach on Monday as justices struggled to decide whether software and computer-dependent inventions are eligible for patents.
During arguments in Alice Corp. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, several justices seemed dubious, viewing such innovations as “abstract ideas” ineligible under federal law—and no more patentable just because they are implemented by computers.
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