The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has now updated the manual of patent practice to reflect this judgment. The new practice notes read, at section 1.39.4, that “[T]he High Court held that an ANN, whether implemented in hardware or software, was not a program for a computer, so...
UK Patenting firms are more likely to protect a larger proportion of their innovations using secrecy than non-patenting firms. [footnote 1] Patents are preferred for product innovations, and trade secrets for process innovations. Most trade secrets cover non-patentable innovation such as marketing ...
The last two decades have seen a growing emphasis on the role of trade secrets as an intellectual property (IP) protection mechanism. Trade secrets are a preferred means of protection for innovative firms. Global legal and economic trends suggest that growth in the use of trade secrets is outpa...