Im still very undecided on software patents and have been since they were first awarded
software patents in general are a bad idea imho, go trade secret and never let the ideas enter the public domain.
otoh
society benefits a lot from good ideas entering the public domain, and the patent system is fairly effective at stopping everyone keeping their secret sauce a secret.
Since the US has them, and this decision seems fairly clear cut (or Amazon and google would have got them thrown out as invalid already) about all I can say is congratulations to Kove.
software patents in general are a bad idea imho, go trade secret and never let the ideas enter the public domain.
otoh
society benefits a lot from good ideas entering the public domain, and the patent system is fairly effective at stopping everyone keeping their secret sauce a secret.
Since the US has them, and this decision seems fairly clear cut (or Amazon and google would have got them thrown out as invalid already) about all I can say is congratulations to Kove.