Have a question?
033 3772 0409

Civil Litigation Solicitors

Patent Office Issues Guidance on Software Patents (19 April 2008)

Date: 19/04/2008
Duncan Lewis, Civil Litigation Solicitors, Patent Office Issues Guidance on Software Patents

Patent Office Issues Guidance on Software Patents



Following the recent judgment in the Court of Appeal that the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) was wrong to reject six patent applications purely on the grounds that they were for software, UKIPO has accepted the ruling and indicated that it will not be appealed. UKIPO has therefore issued a revised guidance note regarding the obtaining of patent protection for software.



It is important to note that UKIPO has clearly stated that the decision ‘does not have the effect of making computer programs generally patentable in the UK but it does allow innovators to enforce all aspects of their patentable inventions directly’.



The guidance can be found at

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-decisionmaking/p-law/p-law-notice/p-law-notice-subjectmatter.htm.





Partner Note

Aerotel Ltd. v Telco Holdings Ltd. and others [2006] EWCA Civ 1371. See

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2006/1371.html.


For all Civil Litigation related matter contact us now.Contact Us

Call us now on 033 3772 0409 or click here to send online enquiry.
Offices Outside London
Duncan Lewis is the trading name of Duncan Lewis (Solicitors) Limited. Registered Office is Spencer House, 29 Grove Hill Road, Harrow, HA1 3BN. Company Reg. No. 3718422. VAT Reg. No. 718729013. A list of the company's Directors is displayed at the registered offices address. Authorised and Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority . Offices all across London and in major cities in the UK. ©Duncan Lewis >>Legal Disclaimer, Copyright & Privacy Policy. Duncan Lewis do not accept service by email.