Amazon ‘one-click’ not granted patent
The European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld a decision of the EPO’s Examining Division that Amazon’s ‘one-click’ system for purchasing a product on its website, whereby customers can pay for a product...
View ArticlePatent application allowed after rejection for mental act
Hewlett-Packard applied to register a patent for a computer implemented method of selecting an image to insert into an electronic document. An Intellectual Property Office examiner initially rejected...
View ArticleAnother appeal against exclusion from patentability allowed by the High Court...
Following the decision of the High Court in Halliburton, the High Court has now allowed an appeal against the decision of an Intellectual Property Office (IPO) hearing officer that had prevented the...
View ArticleSticky situation as gelled honey medical dressing patent ruled to be valid –...
Apimed had successfully registered a European patent for a medical dress which combined honey with a gelling agent. The Patents County Court (PCC) had ruled that the patent was invalid for obvious in...
View ArticleUK patents will not be approved if result from destroyed human embryos
UK patents will no longer be granted by the Intellectual Property Office if they result from a process involving the destruction of human embryos. That is according to a statement from the Intellectual...
View ArticleA small step for Cipla, a giant step for Generic Kind
The Indian generics company, Cipla, has grabbed the headlines not once but twice over the last few weeks for pushing the generic cause onwards and leaving big pharma feeling the effects in its wake....
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