DECEMBER 2006 / JANUARY 2007
Applicants forced to rethink software patent strategies
Emma Barraclough, London
Patent applicants hoping that the Court of Appeal in London would give a judicial green light for the UK patent authorities to take a more liberal approach to business method and software patents were disappointed by the eagerly awaited ruling in the Macrossan case, handed down on October 27. They now have to reassess their patenting strategies.
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