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Nokia sues everyone
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| IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED a writ from the Finnish
| mobile phone maker Nokia in the last few days
| you must be about the only person on the planet.
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| Top mobile phone maker Nokia has filed lawsuits
| in Britain and the United States claiming that a
| number of leading technology firms are running
| cartels for mobile phone and monitor displays.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1564096/nokia-sues
Recent:
Analysis - UK IP Office reacts to Symbian software patent ruling
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| The Court of Appeal decision also supported the 4-step test for patentable
| subject matter set out in the Aerotel/Macrossan decision, but cautioned
| against applying such tests blindly.
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| The practice notice, issued in December 2008, indicates that the UKIPO will
| continue to apply the Aeroel/Macrossan test in deciding whether
| computer-related inventions are excluded from patentability. Observers
| question whether this will really constitute any shift in UK patent law as
| one would expect following a decision as significant as Symbian. However, the
| practice notice goes on to suggest that there will be some change in the way
| in which the UKIPO assesses software implemented inventions in future.
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| In particular, the practice notice states that an important factor is "what
| the program does as a matter of practical reality" and provides an example in
| which 'improving the operation of a computer by solving a problem arising
| from the way the computer was programmed - for example, a tendency to crash
| due to conflicting library program calls - can also be regarded as solving "a
| technical problem within the computer" if it leads to a more reliable
| computer'.
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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/15/45881/analysis-uk-ip-office-reacts-to-symbian-software-patent-ruling.htm
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