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ACC and Ministry of Health: winners in patent battle
ACC and Ministry of Health: winners in patent battle over computerised healthcare information ‘connectivity’ invention
By guest blogger Doug Calhoun for sticK
(sticK - 10 April 2012 ) Throughout the debate on the patenting of software, a battle has been quietly percolating under the radar over a NZ patent application (NZ525001) that has touched upon just about every issue in the software patent debate.
And the outcome has been a complete success for ACC and MoH. A patent application originally accepted by IPONZ has been comprehensively refused by a hearing officer after an opposition process that lasted almost six and a half years.
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