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Launch Media, Inc. [2005] UKIntelP o14005 (24 May 2005)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/140/05
Concerning rights in
GB0301315.8
Hearing Officer
Mr H Jones
Decision date
24 May 2005
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Launch Media, Inc.
Provisions discussed
PA.1977 section 1(2)(c)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a system for streaming audio and video data to an individual over the Internet and for establishing a community of individuals based on similar musical tastes. The application acknowledges that online systems for streaming audio and video data to individuals are known, the substance of the invention being found to lie in determining the content to be broadcast to a particular community. The Hearing Officer found that the invention was excluded as a business method and that it lacked the technical contribution required to make such an excluded invention patentable.


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