- BL number
- O/562/20
- Concerning rights in
- GB1515653.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Micklewright
- Decision date
- 11 November 2020
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Highlight Games Ltd.
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 section 1(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention related to a virtual gaming console for playing a game. A virtual game is initiated via the user interface and one or more virtual participants are determined and a tag assigned to each participant. A plurality of video clips associated with the tags of the participants are randomly selected from the database. A sequence of video clips from the random selection are rendered and displayed on the display device. A challenge is selected from the challenge database and rendered on the display device. An outcome to the challenge is determined. The hearing officer found that the invention was excluded from patentability as a scheme, rule or method for playing a game and as a program for a computer as such. He therefore refused the application.
Full decision O/562/20 
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