The future of software and business method patents still hangs in the balance, after oral arguments were heard by a Supreme Court with significant unknown factors as far as Intellectual Property law is concerned.
At the hearing held Monday, most Justices expressed signs of skepticism about the patentability of pure business methods like those claimed by the Bilski patents on financial hedging strategies. Significant uncertainties remain, however, over the leanings of most justices regarding the status of software patents.
Posts Tagged ‘patent’
Patent value of business methods and software at the SCOTUS
Posted: November 23, 2009 in PatentsTags: Linkedin, patent
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Patent Valuation Update
Posted: May 8, 2007 in UncategorizedTags: Linkedin, patent, presentation, valuation
On May 2, 2007, I had an opportunity to talk on the subject of patent valuation and the difficulties of identifying patent values in generally accepted financial information. This is the powerpoint presentation (for full screen click to see it in SlideShare):
