Fintech Patents Update – A Patent For Administering An Investment Fund

February 12th, 2013
Patents/IP

FINTECH PATENTS UPDATE – A PATENT FOR ADMINISTERING AN INVESTMENT FUND

New Developments Expected Soon in Business Method and Computer Software Patents

 

February 12, 2013

By:  John R. Harris

Patents on classical business methods are apparently “not dead yet,” to borrow a phrase from Monty Python, and in some respects may be “getting better.” But new legal developments in the area of financial technology and service (fintech) patents are expected in the near future.

Fintech patents can provide significant competitive advantages.  As reported in the Wall Street Journal on February 4, 2013, Vanguard Group supposedly pioneered the idea of

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