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UK Takes One More Step Towards Software Patents

techdirt.com » 2008 » October » 13th » UK Takes One More Step Towards Software Patents

As we eagerly await the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruling in the Bilski case -- which could greatly cut back on the ability of the US Patent Office to grant software and business model patents, it looks Europe may be moving in the opposite direction. We had earlier reported on a ruling in the UK which said that the UK Patent Office had gone too far in tossing out a Continue Reading »


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