tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2818265781597411740..comments2024-03-19T06:27:47.905+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Murdoch v Branson in UK TV patent battleVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-25308773851882166392008-01-25T14:09:00.000+00:002008-01-25T14:09:00.000+00:00I agree. This could be a big case to follow for th...I agree. This could be a big case to follow for those interested in computer programs and hopefully some stuff on mental acts and presentations of information will get in there, too - these last two being subjects in which UK case law is seriously lacking.<BR/><BR/>Problem is, like so many of these big cases with business savvy people on either side, it's likely to get settled long before the courts actually hear it. Shame.<BR/><BR/>Another fact worth noting, especially for those wondering how these claims aren't obvious: the priority dates go back to 1990 for the first two patents and and 1998 for the third - pretty ancient history in terms of IPGs.<BR/><BR/>GerontiusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-2245663287174542732008-01-25T11:54:00.000+00:002008-01-25T11:54:00.000+00:00Having had a look at the patents and the files in ...Having had a look at the patents and the files in the European patent register, and considering the personalities involved, this looks as if it going to generate lots of interesting case law on patentability (and more of the usual sniping between the EPO BoA and English courts). Interestingly enough, there was already an opposition against the first patent, and an appeal after the opposition was rejected. The appeal was then withdrawn, for whatever possible reason.<BR/><BR/>The second patent was left unopposed, and as you note, one or several big teams of patent attorneys are very probably frantically preparing an opposition against the third one right now.<BR/><BR/>On one hand I look forward to the lines between patentable and non-patentable subject-matter being better drawn. On the other hand, I really would Richard Branson and Rupert Murdoch weren't involved in drawing them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com