http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-61981/mondaq:united-kingdom:software-patents:the-more-things-change Posts in the discussion thread "Mondaq: United Kingdom: Software Patents: The More Things Change..." - However, as illustrated by Kapur, the EPO will generally remain the better forum for obtaining software patents while the "technical contribution" requirement remains good law in the UK. In contrast, current EPO jurisprudence8 allows any claim which involves the use of or is to a piece of hardware however mundane to bypass the Article 52 exclusion and move on to an assessment of inventive step. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-61981#post-170984 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-61981/mondaq:united-kingdom:software-patents:the-more-things-change#post-170984 Sun, 25 May 2008 21:56:34 +0000 zoobab 2946 http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=61002

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