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Insurance tech firm can't get policy tracker patent in UK

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Published on: 21 March 2024
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Law360: An insurance tech firm can't get a patent over its automated policy tracker software in the UK because computer programmes and business methods are not patentable, intellectual property officials said on 19 March 2024.

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