Research in Motion UK Ltd v Inpro Licensing SARL 2006 RPC 20
Citation: Research in Motion UK Ltd v Inpro Licensing SARL 2006 RPC 20
Rule of thumb: If you create an invention that makes computers operate faster, is this a patentable discovery? As a general rule of thumb, yes, it is.
Judgment:
The Court in this case held that the parts of a computer of more substance, like the hard drive, were capable of having patents obtained for them if they could make computers run faster, ‘computers running faster and transmitting information more efficiently... has technical effect‘, Pumfrey J at 186
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