The prevailing wisdom for some years has been that, generally, the US permits the patenting of business methods and that the EPO does not. In fact, this view has not been correct for some time now.

In the last couple of years, a new device has emerged on the legal scene to protect novel ways of conducting commerce. It’s called the business method patent, and it typically covers some combination ...

Canada’s Federal Court last week overturned a rejection of Amazon’s one-click patent application, characterising the commissioner of patents’ analysis as being “far outside [her] jurisdiction” The ...

“The law isn’t settling down, it continues to be hopelessly confused.” – David Kappos Eight witnesses across two panels testified today during a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual ...

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