Sorry but the IP legislation is way different in Europe (where I live for now) from what it is in the US. In Europe, you can't patent software for example. And regarding business models, I didn't know it was already possible and I assumed it wasn't judging by what's happening to AirBnB with its European clones. But I guess when you patent a business model in the US, it's only valid there, which makes it less useful against geographical copycats.
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Sorry but the IP legislation is way different in Europe (where I live for now) from what it is in the US. In Europe, you can't patent software for example. And regarding business models, I didn't know it was already possible and I assumed it wasn't judging by what's happening to AirBnB with its European clones. But I guess when you patent a business model in the US, it's only valid there, which makes it less useful against geographical copycats.
Ah! Caught out as being geocentric. Didn't even occur to me to see where the OP was posting from. :)