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Intellectual Property

Jun. 10, 2009

Frontier Technologies to Get Much-Needed Guidance From High Court

The uncertain fate of business method patents leaves many companies scrambling to figure out what to do until the Supreme Court weighs in, write Stephen Korniczky, Amy Simpson and Ryan Hawkins.

By Stephen Korniczky, Amy Simpson and Ryan Hawkins

Are software and business method innovations patentable? For the past 30 years, the software and financial service industries alike have debated this very question. Companies including Microsoft Corp., International Business Machines Corp. and various financial service organizations support limits on business method patents, while other companies including American Express and Accenture Ltd. believe bro...

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