Hoffmann · Eitle Newsletter 03/2008 - UK Patents Court holds that computer program claims are patentable Autor: 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. Download available: Click HE_Newsletter_03-2008.pdf (108712 bytes) · back to digest