US Narrows Rules For Business Method Patents

• The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled today that business methods are not patentable unless they meet these rules:
  • It is tied to a particular machine or apparatus
    
  • It transforms a particular article into a different state or thing (via TechDirt)
• Some of the skeptical patents of the last year: Amazon’s 1-Click Purchase, and Priceline’s ‘Name Your Price’.
• The general consensus is that this is a good move. I have to agree.

TC, TechDirt

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