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UK Court grants software patent

By AWA | Posted on October 15, 2008

In its ruling on October 8, 2008, the British Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the High Court that the invention claimed in GB application 0325145.1 by Symbian Ltd is patentable under UK law. The claimed invention relates to a new and improved way to access DLL (dynamic link library) files in an operating...

When is sixty days from now? – Cheap and expensive strategies when being late

By Mikael Henriksson | Posted on September 16, 2008

Ever been late? Then you know that there are two basic types of strategies for handling the situation: I Was Not Late and It Was Not My Fault. These two strategies are well illustrated in some recent cases concerning applications for patent term extension before the US Patent and Trademark Office, one of them involving...

USPTO will not give up

By Niklas Mattsson | Posted on June 10, 2008

Last fall, the US Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO, announced that they would make drastic changes in the rules concerning patent applications. Briefly, the USPTO rules mean that the applicant’s rights to file different forms of continuation applications are severely limited. The rules were meant to become effective on 1 November 2007. Tons of companies...

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Field all your players if you want to win the game

By AWA | Posted on May 12, 2008

Imagine a football manager who bemoans the fact that the opposition is invincible and his team never wins. Yet match after match he fields only nine players instead of the full complement of eleven. He’d be branded as a madman – and his career would probably be very short-lived. The war against the pirates is...

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