Research On Business Method Patent Protection.

With the development of technology on computer network and telecommunications, which is characterized by internet, the application of technology on computer network and telecommunications to commercial field facilitates the emergence of E-business, which is a significant evolution.The development of electronic commerce in our country has the opportunity to catch up with the developed countries in the west, because business method patent (BMP) which comes from electronic commerce is a comparatively new industry. But we are so worried about for the accidie when facing BMP upsurge in the U.S.A., Japan and Europe. At present, we are mainly using copyright and trade secret to protect software of business method, which is unconformity with the character of software of business method. Furthermore, it is no good for developing our independent innovation of intellectual property right, no good for development of electronic commerce in our country as well when competing with other countries such as U.S.A., Japan and Europe. It influences not only Chinese patent system but also Chinese companies competing ability. Thus, there is an important signification to research the BMP protection.The first chapter is named as"summarization of BMP protection". The writer makes discussions about the definition, the feature, the type and the protection ways etc. for the business method, and sets forth the importance and signification for the BMP protection. The second chapter is named as"development trend of the BMP protection". The writer has carried on the review to the development course, and has studied the present tendency and our country present situation of BMP protection, and also introduces the debates on the BMP protection among some main countries. The third chapter elaborates the protection of BMP feasibility and our country adopts the patent protection the necessity. The writer describes the status and the existing problems of the BMP protection in china in the forth chapter, which includes the status and the existing problems of the BMP application, the status and the existing problems of the BMP protection system. In the fifth chapter, The writer makes analysis and introduction on the BMP protection in our country law. In the sixth chapter, the writer gives some suggestions in terms of the corresponding strategy for business method patent protection in china.In the conclusion, the writer describes some perceiving during writing the paper, and concludes the writer`s main viewpoints regarding to the BMP protection.