Cvon Innovations Ltd (Patent): IPO 28 Jul 2008

IPO The invention concerns the ranking of Internet search results in the context of mobile phone access to Internet content with content providers paying to improve their position in the ranking of search results. The invention takes into account the quantity of data to be transmitted, the cost of transmission and the payment offered by the content provider in determining the rankings. The hearing officer found the invention to be excluded from patentability as a method for doing business.

Judges:

P Marchant

Citations:

[2008] UKIntelP o21308

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Patents Act 1977 1(2)

Intellectual Property

Updated: 20 October 2022; Ref: scu.457090