2021考研英語長難句復習（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I業(yè)方法的限制將會是一次巨大的轉變，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)絡公司試圖壟斷對一些特別的網(wǎng)上交易方式的專有權。

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

　　④2005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 權以來就一直備受爭議。

　?、谠谥R產(chǎn)權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)方法進行廣泛的審查。

　　③美國密蘇里大學法學院的 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。