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Patent Office Considers Wiki Peer Review
News The UK Patent Office is considering reforms to the patent system based on recommendations made in last week's Gowers Review. After being contacted by ZDNet UK on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the patent office confirmed it was considering measures...
[December 13, 2006, 16:28]
Patent Office Wants Debate On Software Directive
News The UK Patent Office (UKPO) announced on Friday that it will hold a series of public workshops across the UK to discuss the proposed software patent directive. Peter Hayward, a divisional director at the UKPO, said the Patent Office accepts that...
[February 4, 2005, 11:55]
Patent Office Launches Online Search Service
News Esp@ceNet offers a database of all patents registered with the UK Patent Office and the European Patent Office over the last two years and will be a quick reference for those wishing to find out about the viability of a new idea.
[October 27, 1998, 17:21]
Patent Office Email Bid To Attract Public Comments
News The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has set up a facility to make it easier for people to comment on patent applications. Members of the public will now be able to comment on pending patents by email, rather than needing to contact the patent office by...
[June 3, 2005, 17:55]
Patent Ruling Forces Office Upgrades
News It was recently decided in a court of law that certain portions of code found in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office Access 2003, Microsoft Office XP Professional and Microsoft Access 2002 infringe a third-party patent...
[January 31, 2006, 8:25]
Patent Office Wants Debate On Software Directive
Talkback The Patent Office officials appeared to have no understanding of software development and Lord Sainsbury was so poorly briefed that he was unable to give a coherent answer to any of the questions. I have recently read the transcript of the meeting...
[February 21, 2005, 8:12]
Patent Office Wants Debate On Software Directive
Talkback Who are these Patent Office People that they can grant Software Patents in Advance of Legislation and Lobby for Software Patents? It will mean no software startup will stand a chance against the legions of corporate patent lawyers.
[February 7, 2005, 1:53]
UK Patent Office Under Fire Over Software Report
News The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has been criticised by anti-patent campaigners on Monday for an article it published last week on the software patent directive. The Patent Office is adjacent to the debate in the software industry and this document is...
[November 8, 2004, 17:18]
UK Patent Office Considers Problem Of Trivial Patents
News The UK Patent Office has launched a public consultation to examine how well the current patent system works and whether too many trivial patents are being granted. The FFII, an intellectual property campaign group, provides information on a number...
[February 7, 2006, 9:00]
European Patent Office Scotches Appeal For Review
News The European Patent Office has declined a request from the UK Court of Appeal to clarify European software patent law. Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Jacob asked the European Patent Office (EPO) to review the rules on software patents, saying...
[March 22, 2007, 8:35]
Microsoft Loses Appeal In Office Patent Spat
News Morrison & Foerster said that on Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington affirmed a verdict that Microsoft's Office software infringed on a patent held by Carlos Armando Amado.
[June 19, 2006, 9:50]
UK Patent Office Backs US MMX Ruling
News The Patent Office ruled that MMX "is a term that is customary in the trade" and said "the application was accepted in error". We are delighted that common sense has prevailed," said Richard Baker, regional marketing manager for PC products at AMD.
[April 2, 1997, 12:22]
Five Years Ago: UK Patent Office Backs US MMX Ruling
News The Patent Office ruled that MMX "is a term that is customary in the trade" and said "the application was accepted in error". First published 2 April, 1997. We are delighted that common sense has prevailed," said Richard Baker, regional marketing...
[April 1, 2002, 7:01]
US Patent Office To Re-examine 1-Click
News The US Patent Office is to re-examine the validity of Amazon.com's controversial patent for 1-Click online shopping facility after a New Zealand actor claimed that another patent for the same process predates Amazon's.
[May 19, 2006, 13:50]
Patent Ruling Forces Office Upgrades
Talkback "It was recently decided in a court of law that certain portions of code found in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office Access 2003, Microsoft Office XP Professional and Microsoft Access 2002 infringe a third-party patent...
[January 31, 2006, 12:40]
Patent Ruling Forces Office Upgrades
Talkback Hey, I hate Microsoft as much as anyone, but here they're just the victims of the completely broken US patent system. Software patents are evil. Right now, they're hurting Microsoft. Tomorrow, they can be used to stifle anyone.
[January 31, 2006, 16:19]
Patent Office Wants Debate On Software Directive
Talkback The goverment still doesn't know when to quit! I say this "secret war" must be brought up a notch so the public knows the govements plans for total corruption.
[February 7, 2005, 7:46]
Patent Office Email Bid To Attract Public Comments
Talkback I'm Dutch and with about 60% of my fellow country men we voted NO to the EU constitution not because we're against an united Europa but mainly because the gap between EU politicians and EU civilians is too large.
[June 3, 2005, 22:04]
Patent Office Wants Debate On Software Directive
Talkback In 1991 Bill Gates said: "If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.
[February 7, 2005, 2:27]
Patent Office Email Bid To Attract Public Comments
Talkback The EU Elite must realise that it was moves like this, to legitimise the idea of Software Patents, with out public concent or developer oprooval that brought about the larger headache of a "No" to the EU constitution.
[June 3, 2005, 18:47]
