Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal articles from March 2002

Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal archives from March 2002

The new "problem" of business method patents: the convergence of national patent laws and International Internet transactions.
March 22, 2002... 1. INTRODUCTION This article analyzes two evolving legal and technological domains: e-commerce and the law of patents as applied to business methods. Both of these domains possess a distinctly international character. Both are sources of...

Computers and the patent system: the problem of the second step.
March 22, 2002... The proper scope of patent protection for computerized algorithms is one of the most controversial questions in modern patent law. Everyone has an opinion. To some, broad patent protection for computer algorithms properly updates the patent...

The multiple unconstitutionality of business method patents: common sense, congressional consideration, and constitutional history.
March 22, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION Business method patents are of sufficiently doubtful constitutionality that the Supreme Court should either render them void or, at the least, require a clear Congressional fact finding that they are likely to promote the...

The proliferation of electronic commerce patents: don't blame the PTO. (Patent and Trademark Office)
March 22, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION In the Dot Com world of today, many players are spending large sums on the acquisition of electronic commerce patents. Most of these E-commerce patents are a little bit software patent, a little bit business method patent,...

Carnivore in cyberspace: extending the Electronic Communications Privacy Act's framework to Carnivore surveillance.(government surveillance software)
March 22, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION With each advance of communications technology comes a correlated advance in the technology of surveillance: if the developments of the Internet and e-mail constitutes a revolution in the way Americans communicate, these...

Gambling on the Internet: the states risk playing economic roulette as the Internet gambling industry spins onward.
March 22, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION A question facing many industries is whether they will be able to operate and to ultimately survive within the dynamic Internet business environment. Currently, the Internet gambling industry (1) is confronting this vexing...