It's better that business methods cannot be patented than if they could be patented. But I don't like either extreme. I would rather see some nuanced patent policy, but that is much harder than the two extreme alternatives.
A U.S. patent appeals court ruled on Thursday that business methods, such as Amazon.com Inc's one-click to buy goods on the Internet, cannot be patented.
This is great news for innovation. Why? I leave the analysis to Techdirt’s supersmart Mike Masnick: Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents.
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