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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (Patent) [2005] UKIntelP o05205 (9 March 2005) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2005/o05205.html Cite as: [2005] UKIntelP o5205, [2005] UKIntelP o05205 |
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For the whole decision click here: o05205
Summary
The application relates to a computer implemented method of trading derivatives. The applicant argued that the use of a network managing station to match up potential buyers and sellers reduced the amount of data communicated in the system. This was claimed to be a technical solution to a technical problem. Also argued that providing direct communication between the parties rather than routing communications through a server of a central exchange also provided a technical contribution.
Held that the implementation did not involve any technical contribution and that therefore the application was excluded from patentability as a method of doing business and as a program for a computer as such.
