Accenture cannot patent cost-predicting app, says IPO

Fleur Doidge
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Development falls into excluded categories and is not technical by IPO definition

Consultancy giant Accenture has been refused a patent on an app that predicts the cost of emerging technologies - leaving the way clearer for VARs to develop similar software or services of their o...

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