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Lawyers, patent attorneys and economists have often debated the effects of the judgments listed above. A list of some papers and articles is provided below. Many of these papers discuss more than one judgment, but they have been ordered according to their primary focus, if there is one.
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244:(3) Paragraph 2 shall exclude the patentability of the subject-matter or activities referred to therein only to the extent to which a European patent application or European patent relates to such subject-matter or activities as such.
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The provisions about what are not to be regarded as inventions are not easy. There has been and continues to be much debate about them and about decisions on them given by national courts and the
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COURT OF APPEAL ISSUES EAGERLY-AWAITED AEROTEL/MACROSSAN DECISION CONCERNING THE PATENTABILITY OF COMPUTER PROGRAM AND BUSINESS METHOD INVENTIONS
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The following table lists judgments and the different categories of excluded subject matter that are discussed within that judgment.
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The following table lists judgments by year, although it is sortable by any of the other fields by activating the sort icon.
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227:(2) The following in particular shall not be regarded as inventions within the meaning of paragraph 1:
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Consensus Forms? High Court
Approach to the Patentability of Computer Programs and Business Methods
208:. This article also list some of the discussions that have been had about the different judgments.
201:. This article lists judgments delivered by the UK courts that deal with excluded subject matter.
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Clinica Ltd & Ors v The Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
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Corporation Ltd v The Comptroller General of Patents, Trade Marks & Designs
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Aerotel Ltd v Telco
Holdings Ltd & Ors and Neal William Macrossan's Application
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List of decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal relating to
Article 52(2) and (3) EPC
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Aerotel Ltd v Telco
Holdings Ltd & Ors and Neal William Macrossan's Application
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Services, Inc. v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd & Ors
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A Step
Forward? Excluding "Technical" From the Test for Patentable Subject Matter
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Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd & Ors
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Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd & Ors
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Software Patents After Fujitsu. New Directions or (another) Missed Opportunity?
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Not appealed directly, but several related cases including an HoL decision
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Lantana Ltd v The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
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Kapur v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks
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IP/IT Update Patents Case Note: Fujitsu Ltd's Application
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Inherent Patentability as related to computer software
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Tate & Lyle Technology Limited v Roquette Frères
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830:Aerotel Ltd v Wavecrest Group Enterprises Limited
700:Research In Motion UK Ltd. v Inpro Licensing SARL
449:Mathematical method and computer program as such
1619:Software patents under United Kingdom patent law
206:Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
790:Research In Motion UK Ltd v Visto Corporation
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1378:[2005] EWHC 2417 (Patents)
1341:[2005] EWHC 1623 (Patents)
1298:[2005] EWHC 1589 (Patents)
927:[2013] EWHC 2673 (Patents)
898:[2011] EWHC 2508 (Patents)
881:[2009] EWHC 1588 (Patents)
871:[2009] EWHC 1312 (Patents)
834:[2008] EWHC 1180 (Patents)
687:[2005] EWHC 2416 (Patents)
677:[2005] EWHC 2417 (Patents)
667:[2005] EWHC 1623 (Patents)
601:[2005] EWHC 1589 (Patents)
1102:Merrill Lynch's Application RPC 561
911:HTC Europe Co Ltd v Apple Inc (Rev 1)
877:Cranway Ltd v Playtech Ltd and others
861:[2009] EWHC 343 (Patents)
824:[2008] EWHC 649 (Patents)
814:[2008] EWHC 568 (Patents)
804:[2008] EWHC 518 (Patents)
794:[2008] EWHC 335 (Patents)
784:[2008] EWHC 146 (Patents)
757:[2007] EWHC 954 (Patents)
727:[2006] EWHC 997 (Patents)
560:[2001] EWHC 433 (Patents)
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1015:Merrill Lynch's Application RPC 1
946:were not discussed in the judgment.
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894:Re Halliburton Energy Services Inc
753:Oneida Indian Nation's application
14:
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239:(d) presentations of information.
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611:Business method as such
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233:(b) aesthetic creations;
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1001:Programs for computers
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796: (28 February 2008)
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597:CFPH LLC's Applications
1647: (27 October 2006)
1374:Crawford's Application
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776: (25 January 2008)
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689: (7 November 2005)
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673:Crawford's Application
652: (31 October 1996)
650:[1996] UKHL 18
126:European Patent Office
1490:Fujitsu's Application
1255:Fujitsu's Application
986:Mathematical methods
900: (5 October 2011)
846: (8 October 2008)
562: (11 April 2001)
546:Fujitsu's Application
525:Fujitsu's Application
515:Fujitsu's Application
1452: (16 June 2009)
1343: (21 July 2005)
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268:Patent/application
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883: (7 July 2009)
836: (23 May 2008)
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