“Protecting groundbreaking business method innovations is a challenge. Getting meaningful patent protection on the early stage technical inventions required to implement a business method may be ...

Matt Wermager is a patent litigator at the law firm of Vinson & Elkins, LLP. Matt began his training in the art of persuasive argument at age 4, and coupled with his engineering background, has ...

To us, there's something oddly comforting when the Supreme Court justices all appear on the same page in a case; when Justice Scalia's comments echo Justice Breyer's, which, in turn, echo Chief ...

Bradley Lytle and Philippe Signore examine how finance-related companies are obtaining and enforcing business method patents in the US, and explain why portfolios of such patents are becoming ...

Business method patents (hereinafter, BMPs), like all other patents, are defined by their claims -- the language, typically resulting from a tug of war between the patent applicant and the patent ...

A U.S. appeals court has rejected patenting a way to smooth energy costs in a closely watched decision that could narrow the scope of "business method" patents. The case turned on whether an inventor ...

In the last couple of years, a new device has emerged on the legal scene to protect novel ways of conducting commerce. It’s called the business method patent, and it typically covers some combination ...

Imagine receiving a letter from a company offering to let you license a patent covering a computer-related business method for $50,000. Should you pay it? What if the company claims that its patent ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Bilski case Monday (Nov. 9). Attorneys observing the arguments said the court appeared “hostile” to granting Bernard Bilski a patent for a ...

In a case that Canadian patent practitioners are calling Canada’s Bilski, the Federal Court of Appeal in November ruled that there is no explicit exclusion against business method patents in Canada.

West Fargo, ND - Advanced Business Methods (ABM), a leading North Dakota office products and solutions company, is proud to announce the addition of ABM AI to its business portfolio. This new division ...