The Australian government late last month accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Council on IP that business methods should remain patentable in the Commonwealth.
The issue first came to the fore in Australia in 2003, when Canada-based DE Technologies secured a patent for a method of international online shopping. The resultant concerns over whether such patents could end up stifling innovation and growth, expressed by both the public at large and the business community, prompted the Australian authorities to commission a review into the matter.
The Advisory Council argued that there is little evidence to suggest that business method patents will suppress commerce, and suggested that Australia's interests would be better served by remaining in line with countries such as New Zealand, the United States and Japan, all of which allow the patenting of certain ways of doing business.
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