RALEIGH, N.C. – Saving money for college is something that not only is on the minds of most parents and students, it is also at the forefront of aproposed U.S. House bill aiming to end patents on tax strategy methods, including those related to college-savings plans.
Campbell Law Assistant Professor Lucas Osborn, who teaches and has practiced patent and intellectual property law, was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about the proposed bill. “If you allow tax strategies to be patented, that tax strategy becomes public knowledge and that disseminates knowledge,“ said Osborn. “If the bill passes, these things are going to be kept secret as trade [secrets].“
A similar version of the bill has passed the Senate, 95 to 5.
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