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Direct TV Pty Ltd [2011] UKIntelP o15011 (4 May 2011)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/150/11
Concerning rights in
GB 0800217.2
Hearing Officer
Mr G Griffiths
Decision date
4 May 2011
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Direct TV Pty Ltd
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to the production of flexible media presentations, in which the content of at least some of the presentation can be varied as the media presentation is displayed on a device such as a CRT or LCD screen. The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test, as modified by Symbian, and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. He also concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as being a program for a computer as such.


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