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The UK Supreme Court held that the Aerotel approach to EPC Article 52 should no longer be followed, and remitted an AI patent application to the UKIPO.
Protecting Kids the World Over (PKTWO) Ltd, Re [2011] EWHC 2720 (Pat) (26 October 2011)
The High Court allowed an appeal over a patent application for monitoring electronic communications, holding claim 33 involved a technical contribution outside the computer program exclusion.
Court of Appeal held Halliburton’s patent for roller cone drill bit force balancing was insufficiently disclosed and rejected reliance on the Ma paper.
The High Court dismissed an appeal over a patent application for an internet lottery system, holding it was excluded as a computer program and business method.
Shopalotto.Com Ltd, Re Patent Application GB 0017772.5 [2005] EWHC 2416 (Pat) (07 November 2005)
The High Court held that an Internet lottery patent application was excluded as a computer program and method of doing business, so the appeal failed.
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