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In
1998, a federal court held that patent protection
was available for software and for business methods
(the State Street Bank case). This and subsequent
decisions resulted in a substantial increase in
Internet-related patent applications. In 1999, for
example, Amazon.com was able to stop Barnes & Noble
from using the express lane, one-click-ordering
feature on its Web site because it infringed Amazon's
patent.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 2000 provides
additional protection for copyright holders. Specifically,
the act prohibits circumventing, or making or selling
a device that circumvents, a technological measure
that controls access to a copyrighted, and creates
limited liability for online service providers,
such as AOL, for copyright infringement that takes
place over their systems.
One of the hottest areas of intellectual property
protection concerns the Internet. If your idea or
product is Internet-related, look carefully to see
if it is eligible for protection. |
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