THEN WE WILL CALL
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NEW
BILL
SENATORS
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
is considering the Patent Eligibility
Restoration Act (PERA) and the
PREVAIL Act, which aim to overturn
Supreme Court rulings against
software patents. PERA seeks to
nullify the 2014 ruling that software
processes cannot be considered
new inventions, while PREVAIL would
make it harder to challenge patents
by limiting petitions to 14,000 words
and eliminating clearance patents.
These bills are facing strong
opposition from open-source and
internet freedom advocates.