BUSINESS-METHOD EXCEPTION
business-method exception. Intellectual property. The traditional doctrine that business methods are not protected by intellectual-property laws. ? Early caselaw established that ¡°pure methods of doing business¡± were unpatentable. But in 1998, the Federal Circuit held in State St. Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Fin. Group (149 F.3d 1368) that business methods are not per se unpatentable if they otherwise meet the requirements for a valid patent. The European Patent Convention expressly excludes business methods from patent protection. [Cases: Patents 7.14. C.J.S. Patents ¡ì¡ì 17¨C19, 27¨C28.]How many interpretations of the term BUSINESS-METHOD EXCEPTION are there in Chinese?
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