2021考研英語長難句復(fù)習(xí)（八）

　　

　　Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.

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　?、貱urbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.

　?、赥hat ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging Internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions.

　　③Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.

　?、躀n 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents, despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them.

　?、軸imilarly, some Wall Street investment firms armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.

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　　①對營業(yè)方法的限制將會是一次巨大的轉(zhuǎn)變，因為這項專利是聯(lián)邦巡回法院在 1998 年對所謂的美國道富銀行案件做出裁決時推出的，該裁決批準(zhǔn)了一項共同基金財產(chǎn)集資方法的專利。

　?、谶@一裁決引起了對經(jīng)營方法專利申請的熱潮，最初是新興網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司試圖壟斷對一些特別的網(wǎng)上交易方式的專有權(quán)。

　?、垭S后，越來越多的公司競相申請自己的專利權(quán)，以此防范競爭對手“先下手為強”的舉動。

　?、?005年，IBM在一項立案中指出，它已被授予了300多項營業(yè)方式專利，盡管事實是它也質(zhì)疑授予這些專利的合法性。

　?、萃瑯拥?，一些華爾街投資公司也通過對一些金融產(chǎn)品申請專利來武裝自己，盡管它們對這些法案持反對態(tài)度。

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　?、佻F(xiàn)在，國家最 高專利法庭似乎完全準(zhǔn)備好去縮減商業(yè)方法專利的數(shù)量, 這類專利自十年前首次被授 權(quán)以來就一直備受爭議。

　?、谠谥R產(chǎn)權(quán)律師們對此舉的喋喋熱議中，美國聯(lián)邦巡回上訴法院聲稱他將用一個特別的案例對營業(yè)方法進(jìn)行廣泛的審查。

　　③美國密蘇里大學(xué)法學(xué)院的 Dennis D. Crouch 說，正如人們所知道的 Bilski案例就是一件大案子，它有可能取消整個系列的專利。