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{{navbox}}A '''business method patent''' is a patent on a way of does business, commerce.
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A '''business method patent''' is a patent on a way of does business, commerce.
  
Business method patents are not necessarily included in [[software patents]], but are often opposed by similar people.
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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.<ref>http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/06/bilski-kenny-rogers-and-supreme-court-rule-46.html</ref>
  
 
==Examples==
 
==Examples==
 
* [[1-click shopping]]
 
* [[1-click shopping]]
 
* [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]
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* 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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Patent applications which were rejected or have not yet received a final decision:
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* [[Bilski's patent application text]] - rejected by in USA by [[USPTO]], [[CAFC]], [[US Supreme Court|Supreme Court]]
  
 
==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
 
==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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* [[Litigation and specific patents]]
 
* [[Litigation and specific patents]]
 
* [[Example software patents]]
 
* [[Example software patents]]
* [[Webpage and e-commerce patents]]
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** [[Audio-video patents]]
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** [[Financial transaction patents]]
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** [[Image processing patents]]
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** [[Micro-blogging patents]]
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** [[Security, encryption and spam solution patents]]
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** [[Webpage and e-commerce patents]]
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** [[XML patents]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
* 2009, [[Canada]]: [http://www.p2pnet.net/story/22381 Canadian Patent Appeal Board rejects business method patents], plus an [http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4034/135/ article by Michael Geist]
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* [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2005/10/real_business_m.html Real business method patents], Patently-o, Oct 17, 2005 - part 2
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* [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2005/10/real_business_m.html Real business method patents], Patently-o, 17 Oct, 2005 - part 2
* [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2005/10/patent_board_el.html Patent Board Eliminates "Technological Arts" Requirement For Business Method Patents], Patently-o, Oct 17, 2005
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* [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2005/10/patent_board_el.html Patent Board Eliminates "Technological Arts" Requirement For Business Method Patents], Patently-o, 17 Oct, 2005
 
* [http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/businessmethods/epoexamples/ Examples of granted European business method patents], 2004, by Arnoud Engelfriet
 
* [http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/businessmethods/epoexamples/ Examples of granted European business method patents], 2004, by Arnoud Engelfriet
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080309060603/http://www.davidstreitfeld.com/archive/technology/extortion.shtml 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"''
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* [http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/07/post-bilski-landscape-attempt-to-ban-biz-meth-patents-fails.html The Post-Bilski landscape: Why some tried, but failed, to ban "business method" patents], 15 July, 2010
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* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_method_patent Business method patent]
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* [http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/07/gooseberry-natural-resources-patents-press-releases.html What's so bad about "business method" patents? Small PR firms "goosed" by a patent on press releases], 21 July, 2010
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==References==
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[[Category:Example software patents]]
 
[[Category:Example software patents]]

Latest revision as of 10:17, 30 May 2012

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

Patent applications which were rejected or have not yet received a final decision:

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

References