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1 The Patentability of Software Related Business Methods 1[1] BMP --Focus On Business Method Patent Under the Trilateral --USA, JP EU and Countermeasure of China 1998 Stated Street 1[1] Software Related Business Methods Patent epatent BMP Business Method Patent Patents in CyberspaceEconomy Feature January

2 Abstract: Starting with the decision State Street Bank & Trust Co. vs. Signature Financial Group, Inc. by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the United States of America in 1998, the USPTO opened the gate to protect the computer software related business method patent.so called Business Method Patent war also happened among American, Japan and Euourpen. European rejected first and then followed. Japan keeps watching all the time and activity takes part in the patent application. After discussing several years, the trilateral have got a concerted cognition in subject matter of patent law. There have been no essential deference only practical problems now. The new Patent Law and new Examination Guideline were implemented last year in China, but there were no more change on computer software invebtion compare with international argus. The author believe, Chain should face earnestly the War, and put up our countermeasure after understand the situation of software industry in China and other contries.

3 Examination Guidelines for Computer Implemented Inventions) 3[3] STOP 2[2] 705 USPTO Business Methods Still Experiencing Substantial Growth - Report of Fiscal year 2001 Statistics By Wynn Coggins 3[3] % 10% 5% 4[4] JPO

4 The Max Planck Institute 5[5] 6[6] Fraunhofer Study about the Economic Effects of Software Patents

5 I. I. State Street of business method exception., ill-conceived Freeman-Walter-Abele useful arts (practical utility) 7[7] [8] See AT&T v EXCEL COMMUNICATIONS,

6 Federal Circuit held that a general purpose computer becomes a special purpose computer once programmed to perform particular functions pursuant to the program software. 11[11] 52 1 (2) [12] Pension Benefit 9[9] In re Alappat, 33 F.3d at Compare, e.g., In re Lowry, 32 F.3d 1579, (Fed. Cir. 1994) (Claim to data structure that increased computer efficiency held to be statutory subject matter) and In re Warmerdam, 33 F.3d 1354, (Fed. Cir. 1994) (A claim to a computer having specific memory was held to be a statutory product-by-process claim) with In re Warmerdam, 33 F.3d at 1361 (the applicant's claim to a data structure per se was held non-statutory); see generally Nancy Linck, The Evolution of Patent Protection for Computer-Implemented Inventions and the PTO Guidelines 4 (paper presented at the Hastings College of Law Eighth Annual Computer Law Symposium, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 24, 1996). 10[10] see Free Patents Protecting Innovation & Competition in the IT Industry Europe Citizens Act Now! Protect Business and Liberty from Software Patents 11[11] see Michael Likhovski,Fight the Patent Wars,[2001]E.I.P.R., Issue 6, P [12] see The Implementing Regulations to the EPC, Rule 27. GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION IN THE

7 13[13] IBM/computer program product II 14[14] State Street Bank Pension Benefit 15[15] EPO, 13[13] Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office Case No. T 0931/ Decided 8 September [14] T1173/97 of July 1998 (OJ EPO ). 15[15] Michal Likhovski, Fight the Patent Wars,[2001]E.I.P.R., Issue 6, P267

8 EPC Pension Benefit JPO State Street Bank AT&T 2000 JPO 1 16[16]

9 2 3 17[17] See Mr.Yoshiaki Aita: International Comparison of Examination Standards, etc.jurist No P34-39

10 ???? 18[18] In re Alappat; AT&T

11 BMP Internet Business Method Patents - The Gold Rush of the New Millennium Internet Patents: A Virtual Land Grab 19[19] 19[19] see Mr.Yoshiaki Aita: International Comparison of Examination Standards, Jurist No P34-39

12 20[20] Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States, 148 F.3d 1384, (Fed. Cir. 1998) (Clevenger, J. dissenting).

13 BMP 21[21] USPTO : IBM; Fujitsu limited; Hitachi, Ltd; Microsoft. Co; EPO : IBM (US); CANON KK (JP); SIEMENS AG (DE); SONY CORP; NIPPON ELECTRIC CO (JP) (JP); FUJITSU LTD (JP); TOKYO SHIBAURA ELECTRIC CO (JP); MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP); HEWLETT PACKARD CO (US); HITACHI LTD (JP)

14 WTO CNN cnnews.com cnnews.com CNN 22[22] cnnews.com, ICANN Card Reader, Akira Fujimoto 22[22] Cable News Network L.P.,L.L.L.P., v. Cnnews.Com. 162 F. Supp.2d 484 (ED Va. 2001).

15 Neuron Corporation 271 b c 23[23] IIP 24[24] Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments [23] See professor Masato Dogauchi Jurisdiction over Foreign Patent Infringement under the Hague Draft Convention as of June SOFTIC,Nov [24] Mr. Tatsuo Kato, Research and Study on Desirable Patent Protection For New Areas, IIP bulletin 2000,Vol.9 P10. Mr.Toru Takano, Research and Study on the Trend of New Areas (Business Method)-Related Invention, 2001 Vol.10, P42.

16 25[25] 1 25[25]

17 26[26] 27[27] Stephan Wilske&Teresa Schiller:"International Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: Which States May Regulate the Internet", in 50 Federal Communications Law Journal, (1997) 117.

18 29[29] [28] Cable News Network L.P., L.L.L.P., v. Cnnews. Com. 162 F. Supp.2d 484 (ED Va. 2001).

19 Doctrine of equivalents

20 30[30] see JPO Examples of Business-Related Inventions without Patentability 31[31] See Mr. Nobuyasu Ogata Practical Problems Related to Business Model Patent. NBL No.727 P36-43.

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22 Direct infringement irect infringement 33[33] Harold Wegner E -business Patent Infringement: Quest For A Direct Infringement Claim Model, SOFTIC 2001 Symposium, Nov ,2001,Tokyo. 34[34]

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25 I.1 G06F17/ [35] 35[35]

26 IPC G06F17/ BMP BMP [36] 36[36] :04

27 2 BMP 37[37] PC EC 37[37]

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USPTO Academic research Corporate needs Global/International Inventors Libraries News Media/Publication Patent Attorney or Agent USPTO e (ebusiness Ce I 2002.03.27 2 http://www.uspto.gov/ http://www.wipo.org/ http://ipdl.wipo.int/ esp@cenet http://www.european-patent-office.org/ http://ep.espacenet.com/ http://www.cpo.cn.net/ 3 4 USPTO USPTO First time