Excerpt: I have written before about the particular question of whether ERISA strategies should be subject to patent, and, as I discussed in a BNA article on the subject, I don't run with those who think business method patents should be pushed that far. The Wall Street Journal law blog has an interesting post ... that touches on all of this, in particular on a new appellate decision concerning business method patents that may well drive the final nail in the coffin on the idea of patenting ERISA strategies.  MORE >>