Reception To The Referral and Further Developments
According to the New York Times, the referral has been welcomed "by lawyers and software engineers alike".
After the referral, the England and Wales Court of Appeal did not give the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) leave to appeal to the House of Lords regarding the Symbian’s Patent Application case, "because in its view it would be premature for the House of Lords to decide what computer programs are patentable before the issue has been considered by the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the ."
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