Patent decision

BL number
O/079/06
Concerning rights in
GB 0222326.1
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
23 March 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Overture Services Inc
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
O/078/06, O/080/06, O/081/06

Summary

The invention relates to a method whereby the owner of a search listing is automatically informed if certain conditions pertaining to his listing, for example where the listing appears in a search list, change and if so what action might be taken to reverse any change. This was held to be a method of doing business and a computer program. (CFPH LLC’s Application [2006] RPC 5 followed.)

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