Software patents are crumbling, thanks to the Supreme Court - VoxL
These rulings might seem like common sense, but it's important to
remember that every single one of these patents was examined and
approved by the patent office. That's because until recently, this kind
of "invention" was considered eligible for patent protection. The patent
office has issued hundreds of thousands of software patents over the
last two decades, and many of them look like this.
But now the courts are sending a pretty clear message: you can't take
a commonplace human activity, do it with a computer, and call that a
patentable invention.