Block’s mobile payment method not patentable, says IP Australia

FB Rice 2023-05-16 12:14 pm By Sam Matthews | Melbourne

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IP Australia has rejected an application by US technology company Block to patent a mobile payment method, saying it does not describe a manner of manufacture — the threshold requirement tripping up many claimed computer-implemented inventions.

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