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| − | [[Patentable subject matter]] in the UK is defined in the following part of the [http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_act/1977/1344006.html UK Patent Act 1977]:
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| − | ''(2) It is hereby declared that the following (among other things) are not inventions for the purposes of this Act, that is to say, anything which consists of —''<br />
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| − | :''(a) a discovery, scientific theory or mathematical method;''<br />
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| − | :''(b) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation whatsoever;''<br />
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| − | :''(c) a scheme, rule or method for performing a mental act, playing a game or doing business, or a program for a computer;''<br />
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| − | :''(d) the presentation of information; but the foregoing provision shall prevent anything from being treated as an invention for the purposes of this Act only to the extent that a patent or application for a patent relates to that thing as such.''
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| − | This is interpreted identical to the [[European Patent Convention]], as noted by Lord Justice Jacob in the 2006 ''[[Aerotel v. Telco]]'' ruling: ''these appeals turn on the application of Art.52(2) and 52(3) of the [[European Patent Convention|EPC]]. The provision was implemented in UK law by s.1(2) of the Patents Act 1977. Although s.1(2) pointlessly uses somewhat different wording from that of the EPC no-one suggests that it has any different meaning. So we, like the parties before us, work directly from the source.''<ref>http://www.patent.gov.uk/2006ewcaciv1371.pdf</ref>
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| − | ==Prime Minister's Office comments==
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| − | In a February 2007 response to a petition, the Prime Minister's Office commented that "''Although certain jurisdictions, such as the US, allow more liberal patenting of software-based inventions, these patents cannot be enforced in the UK. The test used to discern between patentable and non-patentable subject matter in the UK has recently been clarified by the courts, and is applied rigorously by the Patent Office.''" <ref>http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page11077</ref> In 2008, the UK courts upheld a patent which was very certainly a software patent: [[Symbian v. Comptroller General (2008, UK)]].
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| − | * [[Patent office practice in England and Wales]]
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| − | * [[Case law in England and Wales]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * http://eupat.ffii.org/players/uk/index.en.html
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| − | * http://www.softwarepatents.co.uk/
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| − | * [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/16/uk_firm_patents_downloads/ BTG patent on downloading software]
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| − | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20041228012853/http://www.richardallan.org.uk/archives/000249.html A 2004 letter from MP Richard Allan to the UK's Council representative]
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| − | * [http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/softwarepatents.xml OSS-watch's swpats page]
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| − | * [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/DTLJ/1999/3.html A 1998 conference report that mentions political pressures for the extension of swpats into Europe]
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| − | * [http://www.timj.co.uk/digiculture/patents/timeline.php Software patents : Timeline of Tim Jackson's correspondence] - with the MEPs of the UK ''(see: [[EU software patents directive]])''
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| − | * [http://www.pannone.com/article-detail.asp?pubid=28&articleid=216 Is your software patentable?], by David Sant
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| − | *:Sant is known to be very pro-swpat, so when he says some categories are ''not'' patentable, we can trust it's not just his bias.
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