The History of Software Patents

This article was updated and republished on November 30, 2014. You can find the new, updated version of the article at:

https://ipwatchdog.com/2014/11/30/the-history-of-software-patents-in-the-united-states/id=52256/

 

 

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  • [Avatar for JamesD]
    JamesD
    June 11, 2009 01:46 pm

    Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

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    6
    March 12, 2009 12:06 am

    Gene man what happened to the second posting?

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    Gene Quinn
    January 25, 2009 11:33 pm

    breadcrumbs-

    Thanks for the link. I will take a look at it as I write the follow on pieces. I have a lot already written and ready to launch this week. I can assure you that my Federal Circuit article will definitely mention Alappat. In my opinion that is one of the most important cases in the development. That is the case that ultimately made it possible for software to come out of the closet and actually be treated like… well… software.

    Thanks for reading.

    -Gene

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    breadcrumbs
    January 25, 2009 10:06 pm

    Gene,

    It may be of interest to specifically highlight differences in the history you present with the history presented by our friends at Groklaw (specifically, Groklaw links to the following software history article: http://www.bitlaw.com/software-patent/history.html). Surprisingly (or not), the article seems a little thin on the actual development of legal thought, for example, entirely omitting Alappat.