2018考研英语阅读练习题（附答案）
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Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods. received one for its “one-click” online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an ast allocation strategy. One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box.
京剧常识
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 u a particular ca to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. In Bilski , as the ca 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.”
Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face; becau it was the federal circuit itlf that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank ca, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund asts. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive pinhts to specific types of online transactions. Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might bent them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themlves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cas opposing the practice.
斤斤计较造句
硬实力The Bilski ca involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The Federal circuit issued an unusual order stating that the ca 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.
The Federal Circuit’s action comes in the wake of a ries 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-patient trend at the supreme court”, says Harole C.wegner, a patent attorney and professor at Jorge Washington University Law School.
1. Business-method patents have recently aroud concern becau of土鸡炖香菇
[A] their limited value to business
[B] their connection with ast allocation
[C] the possible restriction on their granting
[D] the controversy over authorization
选C. 细节推理题。文章第二段首句指出，“……准备对商业方法专利进行缩减，而该类专
利从其合法化的那天开始就一直充满了争议。”从此得出，现在对其进行缩减必将引起人们的“关注”。
梅花的启示
2. Which of the following is true of the Bilski ca?
[A] Its ruling complies with the court decisions
[B] It involves a very big business transaction
[C] It has been dismisd by the Federal Circuit
[D] It may change the legal practices in the U.S.
选B. 推理题。该题可以采用排除法。A、C、D选项都不符合文意。
3. The word “about-face” most probably means
[A] loss of good will
[B] increa of hostility
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[C] change of attitude
[D] enhancement of dignity
选C. 词汇题。“about-face”在这里是承前启后的作用，becau引导的从句是对于该词所述现象的解释，“当初就是联邦组通过的此类专利……”，而第二段提到了“现在……要缩减商业方法专利”，因此是“态度”的巨大转变。
