Patent Law
Federal Circuit to Consider Patents for Business Methods Today
Posted May 8, 2008, 05:45 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will consider a case today that will help determine what kinds of business methods are eligible for patents.
The case, In re Bilski, asks whether a patent can be issued for a method used by a commodity provider to manage the risk of bad weather, report Forbes and the Patently-O blog. The method helps smooth out fuel bills for consumers, Reuters reports.
The decision is expected to help clarify the circuit’s 1998 decision on business methods, State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group Inc., which said processes could be patented as long as they produced useful, concrete and tangible results. The case… Continue reading...
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