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| − | '''Case law''' is a special subset of court cases which give definitions about how patent law is to be interpreted in the given [[country]]. The most important cases define what is and isn't [[patentable subject matter]].
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| − | There are many [[criteria]] on which a court can rule a patent to be invalid. A court might say the patent wasn't original enough, or wasn't sufficiently innovative. Those court rulings are not very interesting for our goal of excluding software from patentability. An example is the ruling in [[Germany]] which invalidated [[Microsoft's FAT patents|Microsoft's Fat32 patent]].{{fact}}
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| − | Examples of useful rulings include [[Aerotel v. Telco (2006, UK)]], and [[in re Bilski (2008, USA)]].
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| − | ==Case law around the world==
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| − | :''(For general litigation, see [[List of lawsuits]])''
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| − | ===Australia===
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| − | * [[Australia#Case_law]]
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| − | ===Canada===
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| − | * [[Canada#Case_law]]
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| − | * [[Amazon v. Commissioner for Patents (2010, Canada)]]
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| − | ===England and Wales===
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| − | :''See: [[Case law in the UK]]''
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| − | ===Germany===
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| − | :''See: [[Case law in Germany]]''
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| − | ===Israel===
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| − | * [[Israel#Case_law]]
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| − | ===United States of America===
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| − | :''See: [[Case law in the USA]]''
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| − | ==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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| − | * [[:Category:Case law by region]]
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| − | * [[How to read patents]]
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| − | * [[Patent governance]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.pubpat.org/garrodglossariesreleased.htm Dr. David Garrod's Glossaries of <nowiki>[</nowiki>USA<nowiki>]</nowiki> Judicial Claim Constructions Available Free of Charge]
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| − | [[Category:Understanding the patent system]]
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Revision as of 07:53, 22 June 2011
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