HOFFMANN EITLE Newsletter 03/2008
Veröffentlichung | 31.03.2008
UK Patents Court holds that computer program claims are patentable
Author(s): David Sproston
On 25 January 2008, the UK Patents Court issued a decision in Astron Clinica and Others, which has changed the way in which the UK Intellectual Property Office treats the allowability of claims to a computer program. More particularly, claims to a computer program are, once again, allowable in the UK.
The HOFFMANN EITLE Newsletter 03/2008 sets out the background to the new court decision, and explains its findings and implications for patents in the UK.
HOFFMANN EITLE Newsletter 03/2008