____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 05 June 2008 23:08 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> Software patents: IPO revises practice and High Court makes another
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>>| The Intellectual Property Office has revised its guidance on claims
>>| relating to computer programs, reflecting the more permissive stance taken
>>| by the High Court in the recent Astron Clinica case. The High Court has
>>| made a further pro-patentee ruling, this time in the case of Symbian's
>>| application for an improved method of accessing a dynamic link library.
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>>| As reported in our last technology update, the practice of the UK
>>| Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) of flatly rejecting patent claims to
>>| computer program products has recently been overruled. The case law in the
>>| area, formulated in the 2006 Aerotel and Macrossan decisions (see our
>>| Internet & E-Commerce Update of November 2006) was clarified in January
>>| 2008 by the decision of the High Court in Astron Clinica & Ors (see
>>| coverage in our last Updated dated February 2008).
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>> http://www.olswang.com/updates/tech_q208/it_q208.pdf
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> Interesting that it would seem to be Nokia pushing this (symbian).
Nokia is one of the worst pro-swpatents lobbyists. Siemens is considered the
worst by FFII.
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