Comments on: The Bilski Case: Not With My Digital Economy, You Don’t

By: Bilski: Justice Stevens’ Last Tilt at the IP Windmills | Larry Downes

Bilski: Justice Stevens’ Last Tilt at the IP Windmills | Larry Downes — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:51:59 +0000

[...] I dashed off a quick analysis of the Bilski decision for CNET yesterday (see “Supreme Court Hedges on Business Method Patents”), a follow-up to a piece I wrote for The Big Money when the case was argued last fall. (See “Not with my Digital Economy, You Don’t.”) [...]

By: Court Punts on Patent Case - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Court Punts on Patent Case - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:08:26 +0000

[...] of whether or not the patent system should extend to cover "business methods." As Larry Downes explained at the time, the specific dispute was over the patentability of "a paper-and-pencil system for [...]

By: Apple Abandons its Principles…Not! (Necessarily) | Larry Downes

Apple Abandons its Principles…Not! (Necessarily) | Larry Downes — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:53:11 +0000

[...] broad applications that the Patent Office has been routinely granting in the last decade. (See my earlier post on the Bilski case.) If sued by a competitor, dormant patents can be useful bargaining chips in cross-licensing, [...]