Apocalypse Soon: How the Implementation of Web Services Changes the Game for Extraterritoriality. (In Method and Process Patenting‪)‬

I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of U.S. intellectual property laws was set forth in the Constitution when the Framers gave Congress the power "[t]o promote the Progress of Science ... by securing for limited Times to ... Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective ... Discoveries." (1) However, the ever-growing importance of overseas markets for the software industry has led major corporations to evade these laws. While U.S. patent law largely covers only domestic conduct, there is one exception--35 U.S.C. [section] 271(f)--that allows infringement liability based on the exportation of components of patented inventions for assembly abroad. (2)