the nationalak at press club here in washington. you can see that at 6:00 eastern. in a few minutes on c-span, a supreme court oral argument on the change of the future of software patents. the court is considering whether a court can patent international financial transactions. we will show you that oral argument in a few minutes. first, a conversation on the case with a reporter from bloomberg news. >> set up this case and its significance. >> this is a fight between a patent holder and a company called alice corporation and another company called cls bank. infringed they patents that cover a system that do something called intermediated settlement. i will try to unpack that all a way of if two parties are engaged in a financial transaction and did something where you would actually exchange assets in the future, a derivative contract, it is a way of making sure both parties have the assets they have promised to exchange on that future date. is question on that case whether that system is something that itso abstract doesn't qualify for patent protection. in parti