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$\quad$$\quad$1.Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods. Amazon.com received one for its “one-click” online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy. One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box.

$\quad$$\quad$在过去的二十年中，数千种所谓的商业模式专利被授予。亚马逊，为他的“一次点击”网络交易模式申请了专利。Merrill Lynch的资产分配策略得到了法律的保护。一位发明家获得了一种提箱子技术的专利。

$\quad$$\quad$2.Now the nation’s top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago. In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. In Bilski, as the case is known , is “a very big deal”, says Dennis D. Crouch of the University of Missouri School of law. It “has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents.”

$\quad$$\quad$ 如今国家最高专利法院表示要准备彻底地缩减商业模式的专利，这些专利在十年前首次被授权以来一直都是有争议的。此举令知识产权律师们感到困惑，美国联邦巡回上诉法院表示将会使用一个特殊的例子来对商业方法专业进行广泛审查。在众所周知的Bilski案中，就是一个非常好的作用，密苏里大学法学院的Dennis D. Crouch说到。 他有可能消除一整类专利。

$\quad$$\quad$Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. That ruling produced an explosion in business- method patent filings, initially by emerging Internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions. Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents, despite(尽管) the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.

$\quad$$\quad$对商业模式进行抑制的声明是一个戏剧性的转变，因为联邦巡回法院他自身就在1998年的所谓的道富银行案的判决中引入了这种专利，支持了一种倾泻共同基金资产的专利。这项裁决导致了商业方法专利申请的暴增，最初是新兴的互联网公司试图获得特定类型的在线交易的专有权。此后，更多实体经济公司争相去在他们的文件上添加专利，将其作为一种制约对手的手段。在2005年，IBM提交了一份超过300种商业方式专利的法院申请单，尽管它质疑给予这些权利的法律基础。简单来说，一些华尔街投资公司也通过财务生产的专利来武装他们自己，即使是他们在法庭上反对这种做法。

$\quad$$\quad$The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court’s judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should “reconsider” its State Street Bank ruling.

$\quad$$\quad$Bilski的例子涉及到了一项对能源市场对冲风险的专利。联邦巡回法庭表示这个案子将有12位最高法院法官参与，超过了平时的三位，以及考虑是否应该“重新考虑”他的State Street Bank案的裁决。

$\quad$$\quad$The Federal Circuit’s action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders. Last April, for example, the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for “inventions” that are obvious. The judges on the Federal Circuit are “reacting to the anti-patent trend at the Supreme Court”, says Harold C. Wegner, a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

$\quad$$\quad$联邦巡回法庭的行动是在最高法院近期做的一系列决定缩小专利持有者保护范围的决策后决定的。比方说去年四月，法官们表示，太多专利只不过是显而易见的“发明”而已。联邦巡回法庭的法官表示将执行“最高法院对反专利倾向”，Harold C.Wegner说到，他是一个专利律师和乔治华盛顿大学法学院的教授。

1. Business-method patents have recently aroused concern because of

   商业模式专利最近受到不断的关注的原因是 (细节题)

   [A] their limited value to business

   他们对商业价值的限制 （未提及，错）

   [B] their connection with asset allocation

   他们与资产调配之间的联系 （范围小，仅是文中例子而已，错）

   [C] the possible restriction on their granting

   可能对其获取有所限制 （全文中心，不断强调将要，即将，都表明可能要对其限制）

   [D] the controversy over their authorization

   从他们被提出来之后一直的争议 （以偏概全，错）

2. Which of the following is true of the Bilski case? 例证题

   从Bilski案中哪个选项是正确的

   [A] Its ruling complies with the court decisions

   他的裁决符合法院的决定 （还没做决定，偷换概念，错）

   [B] It involves a very big business transaction

   他牵扯了一个非常大的商业交易 （原文未提及）

   [C] It has been dismissed by the Federal Circuit

   他被联邦巡回法院忽略了 （都喊了12位大法官来了，错）

   [D] It may change the legal practices in the U.S.

   他可能改变美国的法律实践 （对，有可能导致对商业模式专利的限制）

3. The word “about-face” (Line 1, Para 3) most probably means 词汇题

   [A] loss of good will 丧失善意 错

   [B] increase of hostility 不断增长的恨意 错

   [C] change of attitude 改变其态度 对 与下文形成对比

   [D] enhancement of dignity 增强的尊严 错

4. We learn from the last two paragraphs that business-method patents

   我们从最后两段中可以知道商业模式专利

   [A] are immune to legal challenges 不受法律挑战的影响 错

   [B] are often unnecessarily issued 常常是没有必要发布的 对

   [C] lower the esteem for patent holders 降低对专利持有者的尊重 错

   [D] increase the incidence of risks 增加了事故发生的风险 错

5. Which of the following would be the subject of the text?

   [A] A looming threat to business-method patents

   一个若隐若现的对商业模式专利的威胁

   [B] Protection for business-method patent holders

   对商业模式专利持有者的保护 错

   [C] A legal case regarding business-method patents

   一个关于商业模式专利的法律例子 错 以偏概全

   [D] A prevailing trend against business-method patents

   一个反对商业方法专利的流行趋势

   我觉得这个题解就很牵强，A和D都没什么毛病，虽然从全文中都能得到“将要去”缩减专利，但是和若隐若现以及流行趋势没什么联系，虽然答案选A，但我觉得AD都可以