In the context of patent law, using the Internet as a source of prior art when assessing whether an invention is novel and inventive, is problematic since it is often difficult to ascertain precisely when information on websites became available to the public. Case law relating to the evidentiary value of information retrieved from the Internet is sparse but concludes that using the Internet is acceptable provided that the date of a particular disclosure can be reliably determined.
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