http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/10/27/key-uk-software-patent-ruling/ Protecting your rights in the digital age Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/10/27/key-uk-software-patent-ruling/#comment-6308 Ben Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:43:07 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/10/27/key-uk-software-patent-ruling/#comment-6308 I thought that the Aerotel patent claimed a novel network system (remember this is a very old patent which has almost expired) and that is why it was allowed? (ie it makes a "technical contribution"- a novel network system, regardless of excluded content (the novelty/inventiveness of which is immaterial) in addition to this). The UK patent office seems never have rejected a new network system excluded, so why should it do so now? I thought that the Aerotel patent claimed a novel network system (remember this is a very old patent which has almost expired) and that is why it was allowed? (ie it makes a “technical contribution”- a novel network system, regardless of excluded content (the novelty/inventiveness of which is immaterial) in addition to this). The UK patent office seems never have rejected a new network system excluded, so why should it do so now?

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