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UK Patent Office under fire over software report

...this as traditionally have never been able to patent business methods." The UKPO feels that the directive will make the UK less likely to move... Read more

8 November, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Patent Office wants debate on software directive

The UK Patent Office (UKPO) announced on Friday that it will hold a series of public workshops... Read more

4 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop

...developers and patent lawyers agreed on Thursday at a UK Patent Office (UKPO) workshop that the definition of technical contribution in the proposed European software... Read more

8 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Patent injustice for small software companies

...simple application and will increase for more complex applications, according to the UKPO. "If you're filing an application for basic mechanical technology it will... Read more

29 June, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Small firms 'failed' by patent law

...to prevent other firms from developing new products. The UK Patent Office (UKPO) also said there was a need for the patent system to be... Read more

2 March, 2006 by Tom Espiner

UK Patent Office considers problem of trivial patents

...with a good knowledge and experience of the subject", according to the UKPO. But now it wants to find out whether this requirement meets the... Read more

7 February, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Patent office email bid to attract public comments

The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has set up a facility to make it easier for people to... Read more

3 June, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Groklaw's high definition on software patents

...heat than light in discussions on the subject. The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has of late been an active force for good, reacting to the... Read more

2 June, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

UK workshops find patent directive faulty

Workshops held by the UK Patent Office (UKPO) around the country have found that the definition of technical contribution in... Read more

27 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Patent nonsense: the case for unfettered development

...IT professionals in SMEs is "to take all that the DTI and UKPO say with a pinch of salt, to do your own review of... Read more

18 February, 2005 by Edward Griffith Jones and Tom Chance

Linux kernel maintainer joins patent celebrations

...the Council does fight the EP's decision. A UK Patent Office (UKPO) spokesman said that it was "looking forward" to the Council ratifying the... Read more

3 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

IBM accused of hypocrisy over patent collaboration

...Michael Widenius. But this risk was denied by the UK patent office (UKPO) at a meeting held at the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI... Read more

11 January, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EU to throw patents in with the bath water

...IBM and HP. Peter Hayward, a director at the UK Patent Office (UKPO), also rejected this fear at a meeting at the Department of Trade... Read more

17 December, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

UK companies see perils in software patents

...Sainsbury, the minister for science and innovation, and the UK Patent Office (UKPO) heard evidence that many companies have been successfully protecting their work through... Read more

15 December, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Developers angry over software patent 'evasion'

...patents who were given the opportunity to question the UK Patent Office (UKPO) on the issues around patents said little was actually clarified. James Martin... Read more

15 December, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

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