In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Signature Financial v. State Street Bank held that business methods may be patented. Recently, the US Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos left the door open for the availability of patents for business methods. These holdings, together with the explosive growth of electronic commerce and technology, make the business method patent an important growth area of intellectual property.

Now in a revised Looseleaf format, this completely updated second edition is your guide to the unique opportunities and risks in this emerging area of intellectual property law.

Business Method Patents, Second Edition is your authoritative source for expert guidance on:

• The landmark Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos
• USPTO view on business method patents, including an overview of BPAI rulings
• Mechanics of the patent application
• Prior art searches
• Drafting claims for business method or model and e-commerce inventions
• Drafting the complete specification
• Drawings required for business method patents
• Building a strategic patent portfolio
• Litigating business method patents
• International protection for business methods

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In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Signature Financial v State Street Bank 1998 held that business methods may be patented. This holding together with the explosive growth of the internet has turned the business method patent into the "hot" new growth area of intellectual property. Business Method Patents is your guide to the unique opportunities and risks in this emerging area of IP law.

This is the authoritative source for court-tested guidance on mechanics of the patent application; prior art researching; drafting claims; drafting the complete specification; drawings required for business method patents; illustrating the business system through drawings; building a patent portfolio for attracting capital; and enforcing and licensing business method patents.

Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Business Method Patents - The Controversy
Chapter 2 State Street Bank v Signature Financial - Judge Rich's Legacy
Chapter 3 A Philosophy for Business Model Patents
Chapter 4 The Origins of Commerce
Chapter 5 The Nature of Commerce Today - Electronic Commerce
Chapter 6 Judicial Decisions - Before State Street Bank
Chapter 7 E-Commerce Technology
Chapter 8 Pure Business Model Patents
Chapter 9 Prior Art
Chapter 10 Claiming Business Model and E-Commerce Inventions
Chapter 11 Drawings for E-Commerce and Business Model Patents
Chapter 12 The Patent Specification
Chapter 13 Exploiting the Business Model and E-Commerce Patent Portfolio
Appendix A UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce 1996
Appendix B Proposed Bill - Business Method Patent Improvement Act of 2000

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Since the early days of franchise law over 20 years ago, the Business Franchise Guide has been the only single source of federal and state franchise and distribution laws, regulations, uniform disclosure formats and full-text case reporting.

It contains hundreds of pages of FTC and UFOC guidelines that aid franchisers in developing a uniform format for use under various state laws that require disclosure and registration prior to the sale of franchises. Our experienced editorial staff at CCH has included more than 900 pages of explanations analyzing nearly 150 franchise law topics, with annotations dating back to 1980.

Features:

• Obtain FTC and UFOC guidelines necessary for creating disclosure/ registration documents
• Gain access to over nearly 5,000 court and administrative decisions that litigators can use in their cases
• Guide yourself with the help of more than 900 pages of CCH explanations and analysis that present franchise law in easy-to-understand terms
• Unlock international franchise laws with the English translations of laws and regulations in 18 jurisdictions that keep franchisors with businesses outside the U.S. up-to-date and in compliance
• Stay current with monthly updates along with a newsletter that highlights the latest franchise law changes and developments
• Anticipate new legal requirements with a monthly list of pending state and federal legislation

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Formerly Business Quick Answers

Your business income tax "how to" reference. Thoughtfully and logically organized, this book covers C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, LLCs and tax-exempt organizations. It will be the first resource you reach for when you need quick answers to your compliance questions.

• Detailed information on how to report income, deductions and other tax items
• Coverage of the basic requirements for payroll tax compliance - filing requirements, forms to use, deposit requirements and more
• Concise and accurate explanations of key business tax law points, with special chapters on:
• Depreciation and amortization
• Employee benefit plans
• Tax credits and business deductions
• Tax accounting
• Partnerships and corporate acquisitions, dispositions and liquidations

• IRS corporate tax rate schedules
• Entity filing information
• Principal activity codes
• Depreciation tables
• Lease inclusion tables
• Asset class lives
• Special coverage of tax law changes that occurred in the past year
• Worksheets designed to help you calculate specific tax items and then organize the information for input on a return

410 pages

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Published: April 2006

To supply the background law students need to succeed in business-related courses - such as accounting, economics, real estate, tax, business organizations, and finance - try the text known for its effectiveness, edition after edition. Business Basics for Law Students, Fourth Edition explains the mechanics, concepts, and legal context of business topics in exceptionally clear and accessible language.

The book demystifies business principles through:

• The combined skills of distinguished authors who draw on their teaching and writing experience to build student confidence
• Straightforward explanations of daunting topics (accounting, financial statements, taxes, mortgages, etc.) tailored to students without a business background
• Generous use of examples to convey ideas and applications
• A helpful list of new terms in the appendix, conveniently keyed to the pages where they are used and explained
• Frequent use of visual aids, such as tax forms, financial quotes as they appear in the newspaper, tables, and graphs
• An accessible design featuring lists of topics keyed to headings at the beginning of each chapter, key terms and concepts bolded for easy identification, and frequent use of lists to clearly enumerate points and examples

Thoroughly updated to respond to recent developments, the fourth edition features:

• New material on recent scandals and reforms in the chapters on accounting, forms of organization, trading, and mutual funds
• The latest information on executive compensation
• Extensive revisions to the chapters on tax and retirement planning, in light of recent and proposed reforms, especially in connection with Social Security
• An expanded chapter on insurance that now includes health insurance, auto insurance, and more
• New material on spinoffs and other divisive reorganization in the chapter on mergers, as well as discussion of taxable and tax-free transactions
• New coverage of securities regulation, antitrust, intellectual property law, and international business transactions integrated throughout the text

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Trusts have become extremely valuable tools when planning for the continuance of a person's estate, and are often used in business succession planning as well. For example, discretionary trusts are one of the most flexible tax planning tools available. However, there are many types of trusts, and each can be used to tailor specific planning needs.



Just as trusts are a valuable tool, there are also many tax and legal traps that one needs to be cognizant of when using them in client situations. For example, the very creation of the trust can be particularly troublesome if it is not set up with the correct attributes or if assets are not transferred to it correctly.

This 2 hour webinar will provide a practical and complete overview of the legal definitions and considerations of various trust types, as well as reviewing important tax considerations when planning with trusts. Examples of suggested tax planning structures and related tips will also be provided.



More specifically, topics covered will include:

• What elements are required for a properly created trust
• Tax issues to review when creating a trust and in particular the tax attribution rules
• Review of types of trusts used in estate and business planning - including insurance trusts, spendthrift trusts, asset protection trusts, private foundation trusts and trusts created for probate and estate tax minimization and income splitting
• Change of trustees - change of control from a tax perspective
• What are the tax and other limitations of amending a trust once created
• What ongoing obligations do trustees have to beneficiaries, including reporting and trust accounting

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Philip Wilson

The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries.

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you important average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.

It comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
• Mining
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale trade
• Retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Information
• Finance and insurance
• Real estate and rental leasing
• Professional, scientific and technical services
• Management of companies (holding companies)
• Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
• Health care and social assistance
• Arts, entertainment and recreation
• Accommodation and food services
• Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant-making, civic, and professional organizations)

8 ½" x 11"   824 pages