UKIPO publishes “fudged” software notice (full version)
12 December 2008
Eileen McDermott, New York
The UKIPO’s long-awaited practice notice explaining how patent examiners will assess software inventions following the Court of Appeal decision in the Symbian case has been described as “fudged” by a UK patent practitioner
The notice comes two months after software licensing company Symbian scored a victory when the Court agreed with Mr Justice Patten’s March ruling upholding its claim that the UKIPO was wrong to reject its application for a patent for a software-related invention.
The company’s application claimed a method of accessing data in a computer device and, in particular, a method of accessing data held in a dynamic link library in the computing device – in effect enabling computers to run faster and more efficiently.
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