Links to Tax Patent Information

Searching for Tax Strategy Patents and Patent Information

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Listing of Issued Tax Strategy Patents
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Listing of Tax Strategy Patents Applied for
• Instructions for Searching the PTO Website for Issued and Applications for Tax Strategy Patents
• Instructions on Searching for Patents by Key Words 
• Instructions on Searching for Assignment Information for Patents
• American Bar Association Tax Section Tax Strategy Patents Web site
• American Bar Association Bibliography of Resources on Tax Strategy Patents

Articles in Periodicals

• The Tax Adviser, AICPA Position on Tax Strategy Patents, August 2007
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles - Legal Studies Paper on Responding to Tax Strategy Patents
• Virginia Tax Review - Questioning the Wisdom of Patent Protection for Tax Planning, 2007
• Oklahoma Law Review - The Patent Office is Promoting Shocking New Tax Loopholes - Should the Empire Strike Back, Drennan article, 2007
• Bloomberg News and The Daily Transcript - San Diego Source, March 9, 2011
• Fortune Magazine - Taxes: Patent that Loophole
• International Herald - Tax Strategies Patent
• Business Week - Sorry, That Tax Plan is Patented
• CFO.Com - Creating Substantial Value from Tax Patents
• Legal TimesWall Street Journal excerpts
• The New York Times:
  • "You Can't Use That Tax Idea. It's Patented," October 20, 2006
  • "No Tax Patents," editorial, October 31, 2006
  • "Patent Law is Getting Tax Crazy," Floyd Norris, International Herald Tribune, October 19, 2006 ," editorial, October 31, 2006 ," editorial, October 31, 2006 ," editorial, October 31, 2006 ," editorial, October 31, 2006 ," editorial, October 31, 2006 ," editorial, October 31, 2006
• Software Patent News - collection of articles from multiple sources
• Accounting Today - "Pols Consider Feasibility of Tax Patents" - July 12, 2006
• Estate and Succession Planning Corner - Tax Strategy Patents - Jan.-Feb. 2007
• The CPA Journal (NYSSCPA) "Tax Strategy Patents:  Truth and Consequences - Can Patents Encourage Invention Without Complicating Tax Preparation and Compliance?" - Feb. 2008
• Tax Strategy Patents:  A Tax Lawyer's View
• Surviving and Thriving in the Tax Patent Era

Blog and Message Board Posts

• "Can Lawyers Patent their Legal Techniques? A Patent Issued on an Estate Planning Technique has that Bar Buzzing," July 2007
• "NY Times on Patenting Tax Strategies," October 20, 2006
• "Tax Strategies can be Patented?," October 20, 2006
• "Patenting Tax Avoidance Strategies," October 21, 2006
• "I'm Sorry, You Can't Use That Deduction: It's Patented," TechDirt, October 20, 2006
• Business Law/Taxes U.S., About.com
• "Patent Your Favorite Tax-Saving Technique?," October 31, 2006
• "House Holds Hearing Today on Patenting Tax Advice," July 13, 2006
• "Patenting Tax Strategies," October 31, 2006
• Intellectual Property Law Server
• "Patently Absurd," June 28, 2006
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  Other Resources

• Planned Giving Design Center strategies and policy analysis
• Fulcrum Financial Inquiry strategies
• Method of Refunding Value Added Tax, Free Patents Online
• Electronic Cash Register Capable of Calculating Sales Tax, Free Patents Online