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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.