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This article documents the first High Court ruling, in 2005, and the second ruling on 5 October 2011.

Contents 1 The decisions 2 The 2011 ruling 2.1 The decision itself 3 Related pages on en.swpat.org 4 External links 4.1 The 2011 decision 4.2 The 2005 decision 5 References

[edit] The decisions

On 21 July 2005, the High Court ruled "Both patents are invalid in their entirety for insufficiency".^[1] (citation: [2005] EWHC 1623 (Pat))

However, on 5 October 2011, a judge ruled that the rejection of the patents could be appealed (and stated that the patents were valid). (citation: [2011] EWHC 2508 (Pat))

[edit] The 2011 ruling

[edit] The decision itself

30. [...] An invention which makes a contribution to the art which is technical in nature (to echo Kitchin J’s words in Crawford) is patentable even if it is implemented entirely on a computer and even if the way it works is entirely as a result of a computer program operating on that computer. The outcome of the Symbian case proves that.

(See also: The Symbian rulings by UK Court of Appeal - 2007-2008)

72. [...] Although obviously some mathematics is involved, the contribution is not solely a mathematical method (on top of being a computer program) because the data on which the mathematics is performed has been specified in the claim in such a way as to represent something concrete (a drill bit design etc.).

[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org

• Case law in the UK
• UK patent courts and appeals
• Litigation and specific patents
• Case law in the USA
• Case law in Germany

[edit] External links

[edit] The 2011 decision

• The decision: [2011] EWHC 2508 (Pat)
• Not faking it: H ... H ..Halliburton gets simulation patent after all, 6 Oct 2011, IPKat
• Software Patents in the UK - Halliburton Energy Inc’s Patent, 6 Oct 2011, Appleyard Lees

[edit] The 2005 decision

• The 2005 High Court judgement: [2005] EWHC 1623 (Pat)

[edit] References