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5 unusual facts about Software patents under United Kingdom patent law


Software patents under United Kingdom patent law

The judgment in CFPH's applications was the first in a flurry of UK court cases starting in 2005 involving re-consideration by the High Court of patent applications refused by the UKIPO and made many references to the practice of the EPO.

The case in question had been refused by the UKIPO and by J Laddie on Appeal before the High Court.

It is interesting to theorise whether there would have been any way for Fujitsu to have obtained a granted patent.

Fujitsu's claimed invention was a new tool for modelling crystal structures on a computer.

Citing as reasons this clear divergence in reasoning between the UK courts and the European Patent Office, Neal Macrossan sought leave to appeal the refusal of his patent application to the House of Lords.



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