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IANAL, but from what I understand, Alice didn't invalidate software patents. In fact, it's generally agreed that they tried very hard not to rule on software patents. All they did was say that a generic abstract idea (like "escrow") doesn't suddenly turn patentable just because it may run on a computer. You need to have an "inventive concept" to qualify.


Alice didn't invalidate software patents wholesale, but it seems like it killed a lot of the more objectionable ones and collapsed settlement values early in cases.


Reminds me that there is a "shopping cart" software patent. Would this be invalidated by Alice?


That particular patent was killed because it was even less innovative, as CompuServe Mall already had shopping carts in a computer before. Unfortunately, it had to go all the way to the court of appeals, and only thanks to Newegg choosing to fight it rather than pay them off: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/how-newegg-crush...


Yes. But it was killed before Alice.




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