[A2k] Live Coverage of the Bilski Supreme Court Hearing?

[Manon Ress]

I am not sure how this is possible but ...
Manon

The Practising Law Institute's Patent Center Will Provide Live
Coverage of the Bilski Supreme Court Hearing

Posted on: Friday, 6 November 2009, 11:00 CST

Legal education organization will live blog court proceedings for
landmark intellectual property decision on November 9

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, November 9,
2009, in Washington, D.C., the United States Supreme Court will hear
oral arguments in the much anticipated Bilski case, which could well
decide whether business methods and software remain patentable in the
United States.

The Practising Law Institute (PLI), the nation's largest producer of
continuing legal education, will be present at this hearing, providing
continuous updates throughout the day via its Patent Practice Center
blog, an increasingly recognized forum for patent news and opinion

On October 30, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit issued its much anticipated decision in In re Bilski,
which presented the central question of whether a purely mental
process is patentable subject matter. The Federal Circuit addressed
the issue so broadly that it ultimately affected the patent-
eligibility of numerous software-related inventions. Many had been
expecting a far-reaching decision that dealt a blow to "pure" business
method patents, but few expected just how far-reaching the decision
would be, or that it would call into question thousands of software
patents granted over the last ten to fifteen years.

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