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Tax Planning Patents Dodge a Potentially Fatal Bullet in Bilski
On June 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion on the ability of inventors to patent a process. In a major victory for inventors holding (or seeking) patents in numerous fields, including computer software, financial services, insurance strategies, and tax planning, a 5-4 majority of the Court affirmed that at least some business methods may be patented. The practical impact of this decision is that taxpayers and their advisors can no longer reasonably hope that a court will ultimately invalidate a tax planning patent on the ground that a business method can never be patented. The Court's opinion, however, fails to address many other critical issues for...
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