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[eric stasik]

In rejecting two patent applications on the basis that the applicant was attempting to patent a business method (a statutory exclusion under the EPC and in the UK) Peter Prescott QC sitting as a deputy judge on the UK High Court discusses in remarkable detail the issue of what is an invention under UK patent law.

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2005/1589.html

His discussion of software patents is among the most well-informed and comprehensive that you will find anywhere. A MUST READ for anyone interested in patenting software in the UK.

[IP4me]

Very interesting.  I am surprised I haven't seen this before.  Thanks for the information.