JOHN W. SCHLICHER |
PATENTS, PATENT LITIGATION, PATENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND SETTLEMENT, LICENSING, ANTITRUST, LAW AND ECONOMICS |
John W. Schlicher, “The Supreme Court, Bilski, Business Methods, and Sensible Limits on Patents,” 91 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 523 (2009) Table of Contents I. Summary II. The Bilski Issue III. The General Law of Patentable Subject Matter IV. The Reason for Limits on Patents A. The Benefit of Patents..................................................................... 6 B. The Benefits of a Patent on the Bilski Process C. The Costs of Patents....................................................................... 8 D. The Costs of a Patent on the Bilski Process E. When Benefits and Costs Are Difficult to Assess V. If Bilski’s Process Is Patentable, What Processes Are Not Patentable? VI. The Sometimes Meaningless Distinction between Product and Process Claims VII. The Bilski Machine or Transformation Limit on Patentable Processes VIII. An Alternative to the Bilski Limits on Patentable Processes IX. A Business Method Limit on Subject Matter X. The Supreme Court’s Decisions on Patentable Subject Matter XI. Are Processes of Making or Using Data Patentable? XII. Is a Service a Patentable Product or a Process? |