UK business method patent struck out
27 May 2008
Managing Intellectual Property
The England and Wales High Court has invalidated a UK patent owned by Israeli telecoms company Aerotel
Aerotel sued a number of companies, including Wavecrest, alleging that they infringed the patent, which dates from 1985 and has expired.
The patent (number 2,171,877) relates to a method of making pre-paid telephone calls that is available for use from any telephone, and to hardware...
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