Talk:Software patents under United Kingdom patent law

Keep this great new article

So far, JHeald has only added a list of legal citations, which would normally be considered incomplete for a Wikipedia article.

However

• this is a very valuable list in itself - it is not just random web links but a collection of authoratative case law

• JHeald has indicated that he will come back and add editorial content

David Corking, Feb 14, 2006

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JHeald - are you planning here to discuss the landmark EPO Technical Board of Appeal cases that seem to form a component of UK case law? I am thinking of T 208/84 VICOM/Computer related invention [1987] EPOR 74 and T 0453/91 IBM/Method for physical VLSI-chip design David C, Feb 14, 2006

The EPO case-law already has a home at Software patents under the European Patent Convention. Vicom is obviously very important, and must surely be cross-referenced. But what is useful to discuss here I think is the current UK position; as part of that, to consider any apparent differences between the UK and any broad principles of EPO case-law. But not, I think, to go too deeply into detail of EPO case-law. -- Jheald 17:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC).

I think you are right, James. A cross-reference to Vicom and an explanation of the high standing it is given by UK judges is all that is needed. The article as a whole is coming on very well. Great stuff. David Corking Feb 17.

UK Patent Office website

Bugger. The UKPO have upated their website and everything has moved, so none of the links that went to the UKPO website work any more.

I'm working on trying to find where certain things have gone, but really need to update my firm's internal website first! In the meantime, if anyone else can track down the missing pieces of info, some serious link-updating is in order.

GDallimore 12:46, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I've updated the links to pages have moved in the recent UKPO change, since I have already done the necessary changes to my ukpatents site. Unfortunately it appears that a fair amount of material has been 'lost' in the move, including the analysis of computer implemented inventions in the light of CFPH and Halliburton. The link to this has therefore been deleted (for now: maybe it will appear again in future, if the UKPO come to their senses). Pearcedh 15:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)