從台、美之法制分析電子商務商業方法之專利適格性

The Analyses of the Patentability of E-commerce Business Methods from the Legal Norms of Taiwan and the United States

隨著電子商務在當前數位化之社會中運用的層面愈來愈普遍且電子商務與人類之生活關係亦愈來愈密切，電子商務商業方法專利的影響力與重要性也愈來愈高；因此，有關電子商務商業方法專利之法制也必須配合電子商務之演進而更新，如此才能有效解決快速增加並日益複雜的相關爭議。由於美國的電子商務商業方法專利之發展與變化最快、相關判決與主管機關之規範也經常推陳出新，因此本文之第貳章將對於電子商務商業方法之專利適格性的認定標準在美國之演變與發展之情形進行分析檢討；而本文之第參章將對於電子商務商業方法之專利適格性的認定標準在台灣之最新發展進行分析檢討；最後，本文之第肆章將比較分析美國與台灣對於電子商務商業方法之專利適格性的認定標準之異同，並分析美國相關案例見解及相關成文規範有那些部分值得引進台灣加以適用，以便使台灣的電子商務商業方法之專利適格性的認定標準更為完備並符合國際趨勢。

As the levels and ways of e-commerce use in the current digital society have become more general and the relationship between e-commerce and human life has become closer, the influence and importance of the patents of e-commerce business method has gotten more increasing; therefore, the legal norms with respect to the patents of e-commerce business method must be updated with the evolution of e-commerce, so that they can effectively resolve the rapidly increasing and progressively complex related disputes.Because the development of change of the patents of e-commerce business method is fastest and the relevant decisions and the provisions of the competent authorities often innovate in U.S.; consequently, the chapter 2 of this article will analyze and review the situation of the evolution and development of the standards held with regard to the patentability of e-commerce business method in U.S.; the chapter 3 of this article will analyze and review the newest development of the standards held in regard to the patentability of e-commerce business method in Taiwan; finally, the chapter 4 of this article will compare and analyze the same and difference of the standards held regarding the patentability of e-commerce business method between U.S. and Taiwan, and analyze which parts of the opinions of related cases and the relevant statutes in U.S. are worthy to be introduced to Taiwan and applied in Taiwan, in order to make the standards held regarding the patentability of e-commerce business method in Taiwan more complete and consistent with the international trends.