> I have a hard time seeing who would be harmed if software patents were categorically invalid.
Let's add business methods and existing genetic sequences (thankfully that one has been partially corrected) to the list.
At the very least, one should have to demonstrate economic damages arising from the violation.
If I'm a glass company that spent time and money developing a revolutionary new compound to strengthen glass and my sales are being impacted by someone who copied the compound, then it seems reasonable that I should have some protection.
But if I developed it and then sat on it, I should have zero ability to claim anything.
Let's add business methods and existing genetic sequences (thankfully that one has been partially corrected) to the list.
At the very least, one should have to demonstrate economic damages arising from the violation.
If I'm a glass company that spent time and money developing a revolutionary new compound to strengthen glass and my sales are being impacted by someone who copied the compound, then it seems reasonable that I should have some protection.
But if I developed it and then sat on it, I should have zero ability to claim anything.