The U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical of changing how software patents are enforced during oral argument Monday, Re/code reports: "On Monday, the court heard arguments in a case that could have far-reaching implications for the software industry, as the justices took up the issue of whether the Patent Act authorizes the granting of patents on software based on abstract ideas."
Alice Corp. argues that its patents for its software, designed to reduce the risk of non-payments, were infringed by CLS Bank International, but some of the justices questioned how its patents weren't just a computer version of an unpatentable abstract idea, Re/code said.
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