Patent decision
- BL number
- O/078/06
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0218130.3
- 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/079/06, O/080/06, O/081/06
Summary
The invention relates to a method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the internet to influence the position of a search listing within a search result list generated by an internet search engine. This was held to be a method of doing business, a computer program and a mathematical method. (CFPH LLC’s Application [2006] RPC 5 followed.)
Full decision O/078/06 29Kb