It depends…
After yesterday’s post, full of legalese, I thought it might be fun to write something a little lighter today. On January 13, 2009, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided Stephen W. Comiskey’s appeal relating to his patent application with the USPTO. Comiskey claimed a method and system for arbitration involving documents like wills or contracts. The court rejected the claims describing the way of conducting arbitration because they claimed an unpatentable mental process. The court, however, remanded the claims which could require the use of a machine, like a computer, as part of the arbitration system.
See also Patent Baristas for a review and analysis of the opinion.
Tags: business methods, patents, USPTO
