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Meeting The Challenges To America's Economic Future: Charting The Course In U.S. Intellectual Property & Innovation Policy, With An Introduction By Megan M. La Belle, International Ip Commercialization Council
Meeting The Challenges To America's Economic Future: Charting The Course In U.S. Intellectual Property & Innovation Policy, With An Introduction By Megan M. La Belle, International Ip Commercialization Council
Catholic University Law Review
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Business Methods, Technology, And Discrimination, Daniel Harris Brean
Business Methods, Technology, And Discrimination, Daniel Harris Brean
Daniel Harris Brean
The United States is obligated under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) treaty to make patent rights available and enjoyable without discrimination as to the “field of technology” of the invention. No specific areas of technology may be singled out for unjustified special treatment. Yet the United States is doing just that with respect to computer-implemented business methods. Doctrinally, such methods are subject to an especially high bar for patentability. Statutorily, patents on such methods may be challenged in invalidity proceedings that are exclusively available for so-called “covered business method patents.” The law seems to reflect a skepticism …