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Recommended Citation: Volkman, B J.  Do Patents Translate to an E-Business Environment?  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2000, v 17 (Philadelphia): §502.
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Do Patents Translate to an E-Business Environment?

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Barbara J. Volkman    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
American University    [u1] [u2]
Washington, DC, USA    [c1] [c2]

The Internet presents a unique challenge for intellectual property management. The state of patents in the current e-business environment was investigated through a survey of the literature and an interview. Copyrights are discussed briefly in the introduction. Current e-business patent trends and issues are discussed. The findings indicate that patents do translate in an e-business environment.

Keywords: E-Business, E-Commerce, intellectual property, patents

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