Re: [lac-discuss-en] U.S. Supreme Court to Consider What Types of Software May be Patented
Interpretation by the U.K. Patent Act that specifically excludes computer
programmes from being patent eligible. It may be argued however, that
software development has since evolved into a different animal.
Patentable inventions
1.-(1) A patent may be granted only for an
invention in respect of which the following
conditions are satisfied, that is to say -
(a) the invention is new;
(b) it involves an inventive step;
(c) it is capable of industrial application;
(d) the grant of a patent for it is not
excluded by subsections (2) and (3) or
section 4Abelow; and references in this Act to a patentable invention
shall be construed accordingly.
(2) It is hereby declared that the following (among
other things) are not inventions for the purposes of
this Act, that is to say, anything which consists of -
(a) a discovery, scientific theory or
mathematical method;
(b) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
work or any other aesthetic creation
whatsoever;
(c) a scheme, rule or method for
performing a mental act, playing a game
or doing business, or a program for a
computer;
(d) the presentation of information;
but the foregoing provision shall prevent anything
from being treated as an invention for the purposes
of this Act only to the extent that a patent or
application for a patent relates to that thing as such
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Carlton Samuels
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> .......of great import to all of us.....
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/06/usa-court-software-idUSL2N0JL1CH20131206
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