UK-IPO: Pressemitteilung zur Situation bei der Patentierung von Computerprogrammen

In einer Presseerklärung nimmt das britische Patentamt Stellung zur jüngsten Symbian-Entscheidung des Court of Appeal und zu den Vorlagefragen der Präsidentin des europäischen Patentamts.

„In the light of this development, the UK-IPO will not seek to appeal the Symbian judgment further. The UK-IPO agrees with the Court of Appeal in that it would now be premature to seek a view from the House of Lords when European practice is likely to be settled shortly by a decision of the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal. The UK-IPO will have an opportunity to submit observations to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the questions put to it. In order to inform any such observations the UK-IPO will undertake a study to determine the economic impact of patenting computer programs.“