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UK Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling on AI patentability

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The decision has significant implications for the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in UK sectors especially healthcare and life sciences.

The UK Supreme Court has now handed down its much-anticipated judgment in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, bringing to a close a case which has charted a turbulent course through the English courts. The decision has significant implications for the patentability of