Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
1-16-2022
Language
en-US
Abstract
In the years from State Street in 1999 to Alice in 2014, legal scholars vigorously debated whether patents should be used to incentivize the invention of business methods. That attention has waned just as economists have produced important new research on the topic, and just as artificial intelligence and cloud computing are changing the nature of business method innovation. This chapter rejoins the debate and concludes that the case for patent protection of business methods is weaker now than it was a decade ago.
Recommended Citation
Michael J. Meurer,
Bilski and the Information Age a Decade Later
(2022).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/1386
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Business Organizations Law Commons, Computer Law Commons, Intellectual Property Law Commons, Other Economics Commons, Science and Technology Law Commons
