I meant in Europe, and that case is not successful enforcement of a software patent (merely a preliminary question as to whether some jurisdiction weirdness cou

I meant in Europe, and that case is not successful enforcement of a software patent (merely a preliminary question as to whether some jurisdiction weirdness could be a reason that William Hill did not infringe on a patent); in fact there was no question to the court as to whether the patent was valid, and the case ended with an answer to the question asked. This is a quirk of some UK courts, where you can literally just start a case to ask a question on some detail of the law and get an answer. The question was: > "Is it a defence to the claim under s.60(2) of the Patents Act 1977, if otherwise good, that the host computer claimed in the patent in suit is not present in the UK, but is connected to the rest of the apparatus claimed in the patent." From Wikipedia: > Questions of validity were never considered by the court.