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US Supreme Court to decide whether software can be patented


Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst


People walk outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington December 3, 2013.


The court said in a one-line order that it would hear a case brought by Alice Corporation Pty Ltd, which holds a patent for a computer system that facilitates financial transactions. The patent is challenged by CLS Bank International. The court took no action on another case raising the same issue involving a patent dispute between WildTangent Inc, and Ultramercial Inc.


Google Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co, Facebook Inc and Netflix Inc are among those that signed on to friend-of-the court briefs urging that the court intervene.


(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller)


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