Every scaling method is made to solve for the same things: systems, strategy, process, infrastructure and cash flow. I have ...

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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 ...

The Australian Federal Court's stance on manner of manufacture holds the door open for patents of business methods. Scott Berggren of Spruson & Ferguson explains Australian patent law has ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected on Monday an effort to patent a way to hedge energy costs, but declined to shut the door on business method patents, saying the ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Within any living organism, certain systems need to exist cohesively and function properly for homeostasis, survival and the need to ...

At long last, business-method patents will have their moment in the spotlight. The Supreme Court on Monday will take up the issue, holding arguments in the In Re Bilski case, which has been on our ...

The prevailing wisdom for some years has been that, generally, the US permits the patenting of business methods and that the EPO does not. In fact, this view has not been correct for some time now.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear the Bilski patent case, which will tell high-tech and software companies how far they can go in patenting software, financial ...

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 ...