Rejection of the patent claims involving a method of hedging risks in commodities trading

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Wikipedia:

The applicants (Bernard L. Bilski and Rand Warsaw) filed a patent application (on 10 April 1997) for a method of hedging risks in commodities trading. Such patent claims are often termed business method claims. […] Bilski&#8217-s method claim was patent-ineligible because it did not “transform any article to a different state or thing.” […]

It has been widely reported that the Bilski decision will call into question the validity of many already issued business method patents. […]

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Via our Jason Ruspini

Nouriel Roubini on carry trade… and the anemic recovery

Doctor Gloom:

Jim Rodgers on gold:

Peter Schiff disagrees with Nouriel Roubini about whether there is a commodity bubble (e.g., gold).

The 2 links that Peter Schiff talked about in his video:

http://www.europac.net/

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What Peter Schiff was referring to: