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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.