In October, the UK Court of Appeal backed a decision by the UK Patent Office to refuse to grant a patent for a computer-based system to Neal Macrossan, an Australian entrepreneur and solicitor. Macrossan’s invention is software designed to help people complete the forms required to register a company.
In his ruling, Lord Justice Jacob described the decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal on software and business method patents as “mutually contradictory”, suggesting that an Enlarged Board could usefully Read the rest of this entry »
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