Business Method Patents
Business Method Patents

Author: Gregory A. Stobbs

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Published: 2011-10-25

Total Pages: 2458

ISBN-13: 0735510032

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In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Signature Financial v. State Street Bank held that business methods may be patented. Recently, the US Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos left the door open for the availability of patents for business methods. These holdings, together with the explosive growth of electronic commerce and technology, make the business method patent an important growth area of intellectual property. Now in a revised Looseleaf format, this completely updated Second Edition of Business Method Patents is your guide to the unique opportunities and risks in this emerging area of intellectual property law. Business Method Patents, Second Edition is your authoritative source for expert guidance on: The landmark Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos USPTO view on business method patents, including an overview of BPAI rulings Mechanics of the patent application Prior art searches Drafting claims for business method or model and e-commerce inventions Drafting the complete specification Drawings required for business method patents Building a strategic patent portfolio Litigating business method patents International protection for business methods

Investing in Patents
Investing in Patents

Author: Russell Krajec

Publisher: Blueiron Press

Published: 2016-04-18

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 9780997410105

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Most patents are worthless. By some estimations, this could be true of 95% of patents. Startup companies don't help themselves by making fatal mistakes, from filing provisional patents (almost always a bad idea) to treating their first patent as the most important one in their portfolio (it almost never is). How can an investor help their portfolio companies navigate the system? "Investing In Patents" discusses the patent process from an investor's view, but with insider knowledge.Investment-grade patents do not just happen by chance, they are curated through due diligence prior to filing the patent, then careful and consistent management through the process. Good patents are clear, straightforward, and easy to read. Understandable patent applications are easier to examine, meaning the issued patent is legitimate and defensible. Good patents have real, solid commercial value. The value of a patent only comes when it captures commercial value - not when it captures some cool technology. BlueIron IP's business is investing in patents, and this book discusses BlueIron's techniques and tools for evaluating inventions and managing portfolios specifically for startup companies. Startup companies have specific characteristics and needs that dictate strategies that often do not apply to larger companies with established products and systems. "Investing In Patents" discusses how startups need to manage their patent process, and how investors and guide them.

Perspectives on Financing Innovation
Perspectives on Financing Innovation

Author: James E. Daily

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-16

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 131769306X

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Although much has been written about innovation in the past several years, not all parts of the innovation lifecycle have been given the same treatment. This volume focuses on the important first step of arranging financing for innovation before it is made, and explores the feedback effect that innovation can have on finance itself. The book brings together a diverse group of leading scholars in order to address the financing of innovation. The chapters address three key areas, intellectual property, venture capital, and financial engineering in the capital markets, in order to provide fresh and insightful analyses of current and future economic developments in financing innovation. Chapters on intellectual property cover topics including innovation in law-making, orphan business models, and the use of intellectual property to protect financial engineering innovations and developing intellectual property regimes in Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The book also covers the tax treatment of venture capital founders, the treatment of preferred stock by the Delaware Courts, asset-backed lending hedge funds, and corporate governance for small businesses after the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, and students in law, innovation, finance, and business.

To Promote Innovation
To Promote Innovation

Author: United States. Federal Trade Commission

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1428952748

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Innovation benefits consumers through the development of new and improved goods, services, and processes. Competition and patents stand out among the federal policies that influence innovation. Both competition and patent policy can foster innovation, but each requires a proper balance with the other to do so. This report by the Federal Trade Commission discusses and makes recommendations for the patent system to maintain a proper balance with competition law and policy.

Perspectives on Patentable Subject Matter
Perspectives on Patentable Subject Matter

Author: Michael B. Abramowicz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1107070910

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Perspectives on Patentable Subject Matter brings together leading scholars to offer diverse perspectives on one of the most pressing issues in patent law: the basic question about which types of subject matter are even eligible for patent protection, setting aside the widely known requirement that a claimed invention avoid the prior art and be adequately disclosed. Some leading commentators and policy-making bodies and individuals envision patentable subject matter to include anything under the sun made by humans, whereas other leaders envision a range of restrictions for particular fields of endeavor, from business methods and computer software to matters involving life, such as DNA and methods for screening or treating disease. Employing approaches that are both theoretically rigorous and grounded in the real world, this book is well suited for practicing lawyers, managers, lawmakers, and analysts, as well as academics conducting research or teaching a range of courses in law schools, business schools, public policy schools, and in economics and political science departments, at either the undergraduate or graduate level.

The Case For Patents
The Case For Patents

Author: Daniel F Spulber

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9811225672

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The Case for Patents offers an affirmative case for the many economic benefits of the patent system and shows how patents provide incentives for invention, innovation, and technological change. The discussion highlights the many contributions of patents to economic growth and development. The Case for Patents helps restore balance to public policy debates by recognizing the important contributions of the patent system.

E-Business Process Management: Technologies and Solutions
E-Business Process Management: Technologies and Solutions

Author: Sounderpandian, Jayavel

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2007-01-31

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1599042061

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"This book explores the issues of supply chain management with new perspective providing examples of integrated framework for global SCM, novel ways of improving flexibility, responsiveness, and competitiveness via strategic IT alliances among channel members in a supply chain network, and techniques that might facilitate improved strategic decision making in a SCM environment"--Provided by publisher.

Machines & Inventions
Machines & Inventions

Author: Time-Life Books

Publisher: Time Life Medical

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780809497041

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Questions and answers introduce the biology habits, and behavior of aquatic animals, from luminous fish to fur seals.

The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It
The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It

Author: Dan L. Burk

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-10-19

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1459605586

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Patent law is crucial to encourage technological innovation. But as the patent system currently stands, diverse industries from pharmaceuticals to software to semiconductors are all governed by the same rules even though they innovate very differently. The result is a crisis in the patent system, where patents calibrated to the needs of prescrip...