At 04:53 PM 10/17/96 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote:
--- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 14:03:34 +0800 From: James Lee <jlee@ccl.itri.org.tw> Reply-To: jlee@ccl.itri.org.tw +----------------------------------------------------+ Addressed to: set-discuss@commerce.net +----------------------------------------------------+
I heard that CitiBank has filed for a patent in Japan with 140+ claims covering many aspects of electronic commerce, security electronic transaction, etc. Does anyone know more about it? What impact will it bring to all SET members? James Lee --- end forwarded text
Maybe Japanese law is different, but don't I recall reading somewhere that "methods of doing business," business practices in general, are not patentable? Not that it would surprise me if the Patent Office idiots were to change their minds, like they did concerning software, algorithms, and mathematics in general... Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com