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...bench seemed to reflect this view, and several Justices suggested somewhat humorously that if the Bilski argument were to proceed, a number of other ludicrous patents could be issued. Justice Antonin Scalia asked if under Bilski's argument, methods of horse-training could be patented, while the court's newest member, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, asked if a "method of speed-dating" was patentable...
Undeterred, the counsel for Bilski, J. Michael Jakes, replied that some of the examples could potentially be patented as long as they are novel, not obvious and not simply abstract ideas...
Under a strict interpretation of the machine-or-transformation test, this process could be ineligible for a patent. As would hundreds of other patents that have been granted in the past decade...
...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...
...most in carefully controlled experimental fleets. But over the next 18 months, the number will grow exponentially as automakers like General Motors, Nissan, Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota roll out models that use electricity for all or part of the car's energy. President Obama has suggested that the U.S. could have as many as 1 million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...