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US Supreme Court Review Of Bilski Could Reverberate Through Patent System

By Intellectual Property Watch

Last October, a United States appellate court shifted the country?s patent law dramatically, moving the nation closer to other countries? standards on what inventions can be patented. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (often called America?s ?patent court?) overruled its own seminal precedent and sharply cut back on the types of methods and processes that are eligible for patent protection. The ruling put thousands of patents under a cloud, including many business method patents and financial method patents. This controversial ruling will soon be reviewed by the US Supreme Court. The resulting decision in Bilski v. Doll could become a milestone in US patent law, with repercussions around the world.

Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on July 31, 2009 (boomark / email).