29 January 2009

Business Methods and Bilski

The Supreme Court will be making a very interesting decision about the patentability of business methods, including such things as software and financial strategies. The review of the Bilski case will be one of the most watched decisions from the Supreme Court in quite a while, at least for patent attorneys. I hesitate to offer a guess as to which way the Court will go on this because I think this will end up being a relatively close vote, but I think the Court is going to overturn the Federal Circuit's decision. At the very least, it will be interesting to watch.