Syindication
John Duffy defending business method patents
Published in www.digitalmajority.org - 12-05-2008
CNN reports that Pr John Duffy, speaker at Eupaco2, defends the patentability of business method patents in front of the CAFC:
Washington attorney John Duffy appeared for Regulatory Datacorp, a consortium of financial-services companies that uses patented business data processes to monitor financial crime and terrorism funding. Duffy told the panel he believes the U.S. Congress wants companies to have broad access to business-process patents. "The intent of Congress is to be broad," Duffy said.
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