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专利法对体育运动的适用性ITS YOUR MOVE - NO ITS NOT! THE APPLICATION OF PATENT LAW TO SPORTS MOVES.doc

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Copyright (c) 1999 University of Colorado Law Review, Inc. University of Colorado Law Review Summer, 1999 70 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1051 LENGTH: 15294 words COMMENT: 专利法对体育运动的适用性ITS YOUR MOVE - NO ITS NOT! THE APPLICATION OF PATENT LAW TO SPORTS MOVES NAME: Jeffrey A. Smith SUMMARY: ... Before a sports move can receive patent protection, like all inventions, it must meet the Patent Act subject matter requirement. ... Accordingly, one could conceptualize a sports move - such as a new pitching motion - as a series of acts that produces a new result. ... It is not enough that a sports move qualify as a process alone; it must also be useful. ... Once the patent examiner determines that a sports move qualifies as a useful process, the next inquiry is whether the move satisfies the condition of novelty. ... The Court held that section 103 of the Patent Act requires courts or patent examiners to compare the scope and content of the prior art relied upon; identify the difference or differences between each patent claim and the prior art; and determine the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art at the time the invention was made. ... First, an employer owns the invention - the sports move - if the employee is a party to an express contract to that effect. ... Following this freedom of contract concept, athletes could negotiate a clause that would offer increased compensation for the invention of a highly successful sports move. ... TEXT: [*1051] Introduction Imagine yourself sitting comfortably in your living room, watching and cheering for your favorite basketball team in the big game. With the game clock winding down, your teams star player gets the ball and drives toward the basket to make the winning shot. He spins left, then right, and then elevates for an amazing 360-degree slam dunk, giving your team a one point lead with time expiring! But wait a minute - a whistle! Great! you say to yourself, Our star player was fouled, and now he will have an opportunity to