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* [http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39122923,00.htm E-Data has a patent that convince Apple to pay to sell music online] | * [http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39122923,00.htm E-Data has a patent that convince Apple to pay to sell music online] | ||
* The ''Baboon Inc. v. [[Dell]], cv-09-1198 (USDC CD Cal.)'' case (ongoing as of Nov 9th 2009)[http://www.wapatents.com/2009/11/big-baboon-battles-bilski-court-cites.html] | * The ''Baboon Inc. v. [[Dell]], cv-09-1198 (USDC CD Cal.)'' case (ongoing as of Nov 9th 2009)[http://www.wapatents.com/2009/11/big-baboon-battles-bilski-court-cites.html] | ||
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Revision as of 17:03, 6 November 2010
A business method patent is a patent on a way of does business, commerce.
Business method patents are intimately linked to software patents because they can usually be turned into software patents by adding a computer. A standard way to do this is to claim "computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions" which carry out the business method.[1]
Examples
- 1-click shopping
- E-Data has a patent that convince Apple to pay to sell music online
- The Baboon Inc. v. Dell, cv-09-1198 (USDC CD Cal.) case (ongoing as of Nov 9th 2009)[1]
Patent applications which were rejected or have not yet received a final decision:
- Bilski's patent application text - rejected by in USA by USPTO, CAFC, Supreme Court
Related pages on ESP Wiki
External links
- 2009, Canada: Canadian Patent Appeal Board rejects business method patents, plus an article by Michael Geist
- Real business method patents, Patently-o, 17 Oct, 2005 - part 2
- Patent Board Eliminates "Technological Arts" Requirement For Business Method Patents, Patently-o, 17 Oct, 2005
- Examples of granted European business method patents, 2004, by Arnoud Engelfriet
- E-Commerce Battles 'Me'-Commerce - "If you're selling online [in the US], at the most recent count there are 4,319 patents you could be violating"
- The Post-Bilski landscape: Why some tried, but failed, to ban "business method" patents, 15 July, 2010
- Wikipedia: Business method patent
- What's so bad about "business method" patents? Small PR firms "goosed" by a patent on press releases, 21 July, 2010
