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...deeper reason behind the Supreme Court Justices' choosing to hear this case has to do with the nuances of the decision at a lower court. After the U.S. patent office denied their patent in 2006, the Bilski-Warsaw duo took their appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The panel of 12 judges heard the case, and came to the conclusion that the patent office was justified in its dismissal...
...just foreclosing patenting in a whole area," says Duffy. Instead, he thinks the court should strengthen rules for what makes an innovation nonobvious. And it could have an effect on a number of industries. More than 70 supporting briefs were filed in this case - including some by tech majors, financial firms and drugmakers - indicating the kind of repercussions this ruling could have on business...
...biggest fear for technology companies is that the court might impose a block on an entire class of patents - in this case patents dealing with business methods...
...While military officials have warned against prejudging the case before the investigation is concluded, President Obama said on Nov. 14 that "if there was a failure to take appropriate action before the shootings, there must be accountability." Investigators have asked at least one classmate why he didn't file a formal complaint if he was upset by Hasan's comments. "I said, 'Sir, why should I have to when the faculty heard all of these things firsthand?' " the classmate says. "We shouldn't have had to say anything because these were all classroom assignments." Army and medical-school officials declined...
...case of accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan promises to be one of the most prominent military trials in a generation. Prosecutors have filed 13 charges of premeditated murder against Hasan, 39, for the Nov. 5 shooting spree, which wounded 29 others and took place before dozens of witnesses. As an active member of the military, Hasan will be tried by court-martial - no trial date has been set - and if convicted could become the first U.S. serviceman to be executed in nearly 50 years. (Read "How the Military Will Try Nidal Hasan...