Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) ICIS 2006 Proceedings International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) December 2006 Business Method Patents: Do Owners Gain/ Sustain Competitive Advantage? Nancy Martin Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Peter Mykytyn, Jr. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Follow this and additional works at: hp://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2006 is material is brought to you by the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in ICIS 2006 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. Recommended Citation Martin, Nancy and Mykytyn, Jr., Peter, "Business Method Patents: Do Owners Gain/Sustain Competitive Advantage?" (2006). ICIS 2006 Proceedings. 112. hp://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2006/112 brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)