SF Business Times – Facebook, Google, LinkedIn line up in patent case before Supreme Court
Technology companies large and small are lining up against each other in a major patent case that goes to oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday focused on whether a business method can be patented when implemented through computers.
Some hope a decision could deal a devastating blow to “patent trolls” who sue technology companies based on software patents that they say are too general and prone to litigation abuse.