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The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office. [1] [2] It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK and is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Although it is an implicit requirement of Section 1(1) of the UK Patent Act (1977) that patents should only be granted for inventions, "invention" is not defined anywhere in the Act. Instead, Section 1(2) Patents Act provides a non-exhaustive list of "things" that are not treated as inventions. Included in this list is "a program for a computer".
The Patents and Designs Act, 1907" is a historical piece of legislation from the United Kingdom that defines the law related to patents and industrial designs. The Act was enacted on December 31, 1907, and it aimed to consolidate and amend the laws related to patents and designs in the UK.
Article 52 of the European Patent Convention, which represents the source of UK law in this area and which should have the same meaning [1] states that: (1) European patents shall be granted for any inventions, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are susceptible of industrial application.
Letters patent issued by Queen Victoria in 1900, creating the office of Governor-General of Australia as part of the process of federation.. Letters patent (always in the plural; abbreviated to LsP by the Crown Office), in the United Kingdom, are legal instruments generally issued by the monarch granting an office, right, title (in the peerage and baronetage), or status to a person (and ...
[1] [3] The purpose of the legislation was to update copyright law, in particular design and patent law. [4] The law arose as a result of Sir Ian Hargreaves' Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, an independent report published in May 2011. [5] [4] Implementation was in part effected on 1 October 2014.
This category contains United Kingdom case law regarding patents. Pages in category "United Kingdom patent case law" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC; previously the Patents County Court or PCC) in London is an alternative venue to the High Court for bringing legal actions involving intellectual property matters such as patents, registered designs, trade marks, unregistered design rights and copyright. [1]