Landmark AI patent decision sees UK Supreme Court throw out 'Aerotel approach'
By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( February 11, 2026, 13:08 GMT | Insight) -- Software patent applications in the UK will no longer be subject to an assessment of their technical contribution after the UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that courts should instead follow the approach taken by the European Patent Office. The decision overturns a decade of UK case law and opens the way for artificial intelligence programs to be patentable.Software patent applications in the UK will no longer be subject to an assessment of their technical contribution after the country's Supreme Court ruled that courts should instead follow the approach taken by the European Patent Office....
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