December 2009
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More on software patents: PTO changes standard of...
“In its fourth precedential opinion of 2009, an enlarged panel of the BPAI has created a new test for judging whether a claimed machine (or article of manufacture) that takes advantage of a mathematical algorithm falls within the patentable subject matter requirements of 35 U.S.C. Section 101. The two-part test parallels the Federal Circuit’sBilski decision that focused on the patentablility...
Twitter revenue: two points and a question
Twitter has proven a bunch of people wrong by generating significant revenue from the service through data licensing deals with Google and Microsoft.
Twitter Inc., the San Francisco company that has popularized short but free texts known as tweets, is reportedly set to turn a small profit this year thanks to $25 million in Internet search deals signed with Google and Microsoft.
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“Score Two Wins Against Software Patents http://goo.gl/fb/muTm”
– bfeld