2021考研英語長(zhǎng)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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　　①Curbs 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.

　　⑤Similarly, 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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　?、賹?duì)營(yíng)業(yè)方法的限制將會(huì)是一次巨大的轉(zhuǎn)變，因?yàn)檫@項(xiàng)專利是聯(lián)邦巡回法院在 1998 年對(duì)所謂的美國(guó)道富銀行案件做出裁決時(shí)推出的，該裁決批準(zhǔn)了一項(xiàng)共同基金財(cái)產(chǎn)集資方法的專利。

　?、谶@一裁決引起了對(duì)經(jīng)營(yíng)方法專利申請(qǐng)的熱潮，最初是新興網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司試圖壟斷對(duì)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(jìng)相申請(qǐng)自己的專利權(quán)，以此防范競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手“先下手為強(qiáng)”的舉動(dòng)。

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

　?、萃瑯拥兀恍┤A爾街投資公司也通過對(duì)一些金融產(chǎn)品申請(qǐng)專利來武裝自己，盡管它們對(duì)這些法案持反對(duì)態(tài)度。

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　?、佻F(xiàn)在，國(guó)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(zhēng)議。

　　②在知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)律師們對(duì)此舉的喋喋熱議中，美國(guó)聯(lián)邦巡回上訴法院聲稱他將用一個(gè)特別的案例對(duì)營(yíng)業(yè)方法進(jìn)行廣泛的審查。

　?、勖绹?guó)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(gè)系列的專利。