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Gaming patents in the digital distribution age
Recent reports that next-generation consoles may abandon disc drives have caused significant online discussion in the gaming world, with players divided on whether this is a positive development. This includes Sony’s announcement that “physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January… -
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The end of Aerotel: how will the UKIPO apply the Emotional Perception judgment?
The UK Supreme Court’s landmark 2026 judgment in Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller has fundamentally rewired the UK’s approach to computer-implemented inventions. By formally adopting the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal reasoning in G 1/19, and the foundational Duns principles, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has… -
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Navigating the post-Aerotel landscape: the UKIPO’s "two-implementation" approach to mixed-type inventions
The dust is beginning to settle on the landmark 2026 Supreme Court judgment in Emotional Perception AI Ltd, and we are finally seeing how the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) intends to apply the ruling in practice. -
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Artificial neural networks are programs for a computer: UK Supreme Court revisits boundaries of AI patentability
On 11 February 2026 the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Emotional Perception AI Limited v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, ruling that an invention directed towards a pure computer program “as such” is not excluded from patentability where the claimed subject… -
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UKIPO Manual of Patent Practice: January 2025 Section 1 updates
At the start of January 2025 the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) issued an updated version of the Manual of Patent Practice. This is the document which lays out the UKIPO’s approach to patent examination. The most significant of the updates are found in Section 1, which relates to… -
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UK Supreme Court grants leave for landmark AI patent appeal
The UK Supreme Court has granted Emotional Perception AI Limited permission to appeal in a case that could fundamentally reshape how artificial intelligence patents are evaluated in the United Kingdom. The dispute centres on the company's attempt to patent an AI-powered media file recommendation engine that uses artificial neural network… -
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UK Court of Appeal overrules High Court, saying AI inventions “are in no better and no worse position than other computer implemented inventions”
Late last year in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch), the High Court made the surprising (but potentially welcome) ruling that an artificial neural network (ANN) is not a program for a computer and should, in effect, be treated as… -
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UKIPO to appeal High Court decision: are AI inventions patentable?
In November 2023 the High Court, in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch), found that artificial neural networks (ANNs) should not be excluded from patent protection as “a program for a computer…as such”. -
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UK Supreme Court rules only people can be named as inventors
On 20 December 2023, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, unanimously ruling that only a natural person can be named as an inventor on a patent application, upholding the decisions of the lower courts. -
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UK High Court overrules UKIPO to find AI inventions patentable
In what may turn out to be a watershed judgement, the High Court in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch) found that the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) had erred in finding a neural network implementing a recommendation system as…
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