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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> ImageNPay UK Ltd (Patent) [2023] UKIntelP o041423 (9 May 2023)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2023/o041423.html
Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o041423, [2023] UKIntelP o41423

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0414/23
Concerning rights in
GB1813684.6
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
4 May 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
ImageNPay UK Limited
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 s1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a method and system for enabling a user to purchase a product associated with a brand after viewing a media item, such as an image or video, on social media. The media item is, for example, an endorsement or sponsorship of the product and is distributed via a content distributor server. The Hearing Officer found the claimed invention to be excluded as a method of doing business and as a program for a computer. The application was refused

Full decisionO/0414/23 PDF document 337Kb

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