Hoffmann · Eitle Newsletter 8/2008 - Patentability of Computer Inventions in the UK Autor: David Sproston UK COURT OF APPEAL MAINTAINS A DIFFERENT APPROACH FROM THE EPO On 8th October, 2008, the UK Court of Appeal issued a decision in Symbian Limited and Comptroller General of Patents which clarified the test for assessing the patentability of computer program inventions in the UK. Although the clarifications are welcome, the Court of Appeal specifically declined to follow the well-established test used by the European Patent Office (EPO) to assess the patentability of computer program inventions. As a consequence, we still have two different tests, which will often lead to different results for the same invention. In the Hoffmann · Eitle Newsletter 8/2008, author David Sproston, member of our London office, reviews the different approaches to assessing computer program inventions in the EPO and the UK, as well as explaining the findings and implications of the new UK Court of Appeal decision. Download available: Click HE_Newsletter_08-2008.pdf (1381705 bytes) · back to digest