Hearings
England & Wales
03 May 2006 [2006] EWHC 997 (Pat), Ch D (Lewison J)
27 Oct 2006 [2006] EWCA Civ 1371; [2007] Bus LR 634; [2007] 1 All ER 225; [2007] RPC 7, CA
Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd
See also
Subject Matter
PATENT — Invention — Exclusion from patentability — Business methods and computer programs — Test to be applied in considering whether contributions should “not be regarded as inventions” — Convention on the Grant of European Patents (1978), art 52(2)(3)
[2006] EWCA Civ 1371; [2007] Bus LR 634; [2007] 1 All ER 225; [2007] RPC 7, CA
Appellate History
Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd [2006] EWHC 997 (Pat), Ch D
Decision of Lewison J reversed
Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1371; [2007] Bus LR 634; [2007] 1 All ER 225; [2007] RPC 7, CA
Macrossan v Comptroller-General Of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2006] EWHC 705 (Pat), Ch D
Decision of Mann J affirmed
Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1371; [2007] Bus LR 634; [2007] 1 All ER 225; [2007] RPC 7, CA