UK patent rules put firms at disadvantage
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| "The UK IPO's position is that only when the patented item and its software
| are combined, when you are dealing with the whole package, are they offered
| protection," he told us.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/16/patent_wrangling/
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British Government Comes Out Against 'Pure' Software Patents
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| The answer is reassuring but perhaps doesn't go far enough, and gives
| no specific promises to bring into line a patent office that grants
| software patents (according to the petition) 'against the letter
| and the spirit of the law'.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/27/152246&from=rss
UK firms contest 'absurd' software patent ruling
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| The five companies, Astron Clinica Limited, Cyan Holdings Plc,
| Inrotis Technologies Limited, Software 2000 Limited and Surf
| Kitchen argue variously that the IPO is stifling British
| entrepreneurship, forcing UK firms to apply for patents
| outside the UK, and putting British inventors at a disadvantage.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/29/legal_patent_challenge/
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