"PERA would overturn long-standing court decisions that have helped keep some of the most problematic patents in check. This includes the Supreme Court's Alice v. CLS Bank decision which bars patents on abstract ideas. While has not completely solved the problems of the patent system or patent trolling, it has led to the rejection of hundreds of low-quality software patents and, as a result, has allowed innovation and small businesses to grow."
"Thanks to the decision, courts have invalidated a rogue's gallery of terrible software patents -such as patents on online photo contests, online bingo, matchmaking, and scavenger hunts. These patents didn't describe real inventions-they merely applied old ideas to general-purpose computers. But PERA would wipe out the framework and replace it with vague, hollow exceptions, taking us back to an era where patent trolls and large corporate patent-holders aggressively harassed software developers and small companies."
PERA would reverse court precedents that limited patents on abstract ideas, including the Supreme Court's Alice v. CLS Bank decision. Alice barred patents on abstract ideas and prompted courts to invalidate hundreds of low-quality software patents, enabling innovation and small businesses to grow. Courts struck down patents on online photo contests, online bingo, matchmaking, and scavenger hunts that merely applied old ideas to general-purpose computers. PERA would replace the Alice framework with vague exceptions, making low-quality patents easier to obtain and harder to challenge. Combined with restricted PTAB access, the bill would empower patent trolls and large corporations to harass independent inventors and small companies.
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