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Appeals court ruling could be 'death' of software patents
2013-05-11 00:05:55| InfoWorld: Top News
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge described as the "death" of software and business method patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that four patents held by electronic marketplace Alice are too abstract for a patent, despite a long-standing legal assumption that software running on a computer is eligible for patents.
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Appeals court upholds Michigan law that bans automatic payroll deductions for teacher union dues
2013-05-10 17:42:00| American School & University
School employees had argued that the law unfairly singled them out because the ban applies only to school systems. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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Suit Claiming Hurricane Katrina Related to Global Warming Goes Before Appeals Court
2013-05-07 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Louisiana Record: The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is set to issue its second opinion in a drawn out climate change case that pits landowners against energy companies. The suit, which accuses a number of companies of contributing to global warming through greenhouse gas emissions, was originally filed in a Mississippi district court in 2005 just 22 days after Hurricane Katrina hit. In the original filing, 14 plaintiffs sued eight named oil companies, 100 unnamed oil and refining companies and 31 coal...
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New York appeals court upholds municipalities banning fracking through zoning laws
2013-05-03 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A mid-level appeals court says New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas. The four-judge appellate division panel ruled unanimously Thursday that state mining and drilling law doesnt trump the authority of local governments to control land use. The case of Norse Energy Corp.s challenge to a ban in the Tompkins County town of Dryden has been closely watched by industry hoping to drill in New Yorks piece of the Marcellus Shale...
Federal Appeals Court Hands Foes of Mountaintop Mining a Partial Victory
2013-05-01 18:26:26| ENR.com: Headline News
But remands decision on merits of the case to the lower court
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