HOFFMANN EITLE Newsletter 03/2008

Publication | 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

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