A recent judgement relating to software patents has put to rest
earlier concerns about the law being of an Orwellian nature similar
to...
'All software patents are equal – but some software
patents are more equal than others.'
The G1/19 decision by the European Patent Office issued on 10
March gives absolute clarity on a number of issues that were
threatening to disrupt the status quo on an IP position that had
previously worked well for inventors and the wider software
industry alike.
The decision answered some key questions around the
patentability of simulations and whether such inventions would
require different considerations than other software-based
inventions.
The ruling confirmed that the approach to software patents which
had been developed over the past decade, and which is well
understood, is correct and will continue. The ruling also confirms
that simulations are treated no differently to other software
inventions, and that indeed all forms of
