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		<title>USPTO interim guidelines request for comment &#8211; as text</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/08/uspto-request-comment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the text from http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-18424.pdf
To help ESP reply to this consultation, please contribute to this wiki page: USPTO 2010 consultation &#8211; deadline 27 sept.
Formatting of the below text is a work in progress (25 Aug 2010).    This is the second of two related documents published on news.swpat.org; the other is USPTO’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPTO&#8217;s 101 Method Eligibility Quick Reference Sheet &#8211; as text</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/08/uspto-ref-sheet/</link>
		<comments>http://news.swpat.org/2010/08/uspto-ref-sheet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USPTO is seeking comment, until 27 Sep 2010, on how to interpret the Supreme Court&#8217;s Bilski decision.
To help ESP reply to this consultation, please contribute to this wiki page: USPTO 2010 consultation &#8211; deadline 27 sept.
Below is a text published (pages 3 and 4) by the USPTO when announcing this call for comment.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian petition needs signatures against swpats</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/07/oz-petition-needs-signatures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian residents and nationals, please sign this letter:

Open letter to abolish software patents in Australia

For non-Australians: please contact people in Australia to raise awareness of this.


Background info on en.swpat.org/wiki :


Australia
Venturous Australia
Australian consultation responses 2009
Also: Public mailing list

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		<title>New Zealand returns to abolition of software patents</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/07/new-zealand-returns-to-abolition-of-software-patents/</link>
		<comments>http://news.swpat.org/2010/07/new-zealand-returns-to-abolition-of-software-patents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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  New Zealand&#8217;s government has announced that they will not further modify their proposed bill and that they still agree with those &#8220;opposing the granting of patents for computer programs on the grounds it would stifle innovation and restrict competition.&#8221; (Background: New Zealand)



  More info (links from nzoss.org.nz):


NZOSS: Minister Announces No Software Patents
It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bilski&#8217;s patent application &#8211; the published parts</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/07/bilskis-patent-application-the-published-parts/</link>
		<comments>http://news.swpat.org/2010/07/bilskis-patent-application-the-published-parts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bilski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  Some people have asked where they can read the patent which was the object of Bilski v. Kappos.  The answer is that it&#8217;s a patent application and as such it&#8217;s confidential.  However, the key excerpts did get published via the opinions of the various courts which rejected it.  Keep in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bilski decision, as text</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/bilski-decision-as-text/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bilski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  Below is the court&#8217;s opinion, as text.  For analysis, go to Bilski: analysis of Supreme Court decision.


                         Cite as: 561 U. S. ____ (2010)     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bilski&#8217;s out!</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/bilskis-out/</link>
		<comments>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/bilskis-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bilski]]></category>

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Here it is: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-964.pdf


ESP is collecting third-party analyses and we&#8217;re working on our own analysis here: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Bilski:_analysis_of_Supreme_Court_decision.


Scotusblog.com has some details.  Justice Kennedy wrote the court&#8217;s opinion.  For anyone who can&#8217;t connect, here are their live-blog posts:


10:39
Erin:
The decision is released in 08-964, Bilski v. Kappos!
Monday June 28, 2010 10:39 Erin
10:39
Erin:
Affirmed
Monday June 28, 2010 10:39 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late-comers guide: What is Bilski anyway?</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/late-comers-guide-what-is-bilski-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/late-comers-guide-what-is-bilski-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bilski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  Everyone expects the US Supreme Court to publish their decision on the &#34;Bilski&#34; case today (June 28th 2010).  The court has to decide on the validity of a patent on a business method, but that&#8217;s not the main issue.  Everyone expects that patent to be rejected, but the main issue is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Bilski; last possible date: Monday 28th</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/no-bilski-last-possible-date-monday-28th/</link>
		<comments>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/no-bilski-last-possible-date-monday-28th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bilski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  No Bilski today.  The only date left on the calendar for announcing decisions is Monday June 28th.  The court confirmed today that Monday will be the last day for announcing decisions, so either we get Bilski then, or there&#8217;s a very remote possibility that they will hold Bilski until the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand software patents victory crumbling</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/new-zealand-software-patent-victory-crumbling/</link>
		<comments>http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/new-zealand-software-patent-victory-crumbling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  NZICT (who&#8217;s NZICT?) reports that they convinced the politician in charge of the Patents Bill, Hon Simon Power, to do a u-turn and open the floodgates for software patents.  The report was posted on a patent lawyer&#8217;s blog, then deleted, but copies have been mirrored:


Screenshot of Google&#8217;s cached copy and a copy [...]]]></description>
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