IPO The application relates to a method for generating links related to the content of an active window displayed on a computer screen and for embedding an icon representing these links within, for example, the title bar of the window. The application also discloses how a summary of one of these links is displayed when a cursor is moved over it, and how more than one icon representing different categories of links may be embedded into the active window. Applying the four step test set out in Aerotel/Macrossan, the hearing officer found that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within the meaning of a program for a computer and the application was refused. The hearing officer found that the addition of an icon conveniently positioned for accessing relevant documents extended beyond the nature of the information displayed or the manner in which it is presented, and that the invention was not excluded as mere presentation of information.
Judges:
Mr H Jones
Citations:
[2007] UKIntelP o33007, GB0402956.7
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Appeal from – Autonomy Corporation Ltd v The Comptroller General of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs PatC 6-Feb-2008
The company appealed against the rejection of its claim for a patent.
Held: Lewison J said: ‘The manipulation of data stored on a computer (whether on the computer in use or on a remote computer) is unlikely to give rise to a contribution that . .
Cited – Lantana Ltd v The Comptroller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks CA 13-Nov-2014
The inventor company appealed against rejection of its application for a patent for a computer program.
Held: The appeal failed: ‘on the facts found by the Hearing Officer, the invention is no more than the computerisation of a process which . .
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 20 October 2022; Ref: scu.456842
