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Over the past decade,thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods.Amazon.com received one for its
Over the past decade,thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods.Amazon.com received one for its
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2020-03-28
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Over the past decade,thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods.Amazon.com received one for its“one-click”online payment system.Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy.One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box.
Now the nation’s top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business.method patents,which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago.In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz,the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents.In Bilski,as the case is known,is“a very big deal,”says Dennisd.Crouch of the University of Missouri School of law.It“has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents.”
Curbs off business-method claims would be a dramatic
about-face
,because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case,approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings,initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions.Later,move established companies raced to add such patents to their files,if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.In 2005,IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents,despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them.Similarly,some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products,even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.
The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market.The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court’s judges,rather than a typical panel of three,and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should“reconsider”its State Street Bank ruling.
The Federal Circuit’s action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders.Last April,for example,the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for“inventions”that are obvious.The judges on the Federal Circuit are“reacting to the anti-patent trend at the Supreme Court,”says Harold C.Wegner,a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.
The word“about-face”(Para.3)most probably means____________.
选项
A、loss of good will
B、increase of hostility
C、change of attitude
D、enhancement of dignity
答案
C
解析
含义题。根据题干定位到第三段。第一句提到:对商业方法专利权的限制(curbs on business-method claims)将会是一个a dramatic about-face,因为正是联邦巡回法院在1998年被称为“州街银行案”的决议中引人了这类专利,由此可见现在的做法与以前的做法是背道而驰的,即联邦巡回法院的态度发生了大的转变,因此选C项。A项“良好愿望的消失”、B项“敌意的增加”和D项“尊严的提升”都与原文毫无关系。故本题选C。
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