Peter Richard Kyle Prescott QC

Queen's Counsel

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 (born 23 January 1943) is a barrister

Barrister

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 and Deputy High Court Judge

High Court judge

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 of England and Wales, and a specialist on the law of copyright

Copyright

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He was educated at St George's College, Argentina

Argentina

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, Dulwich College

Dulwich College

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 and University College London

University College London

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, where he gained a BSc

BSC

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, followed by an MSc

MSC

- Computers:* Mario Strikers Charged* Microsoft Common Console Document, file for the Microsoft Management Console* Microelectronics Support Centre* Microsoft Corporation* MIDI Show Control* Message Sequence Chart...

 from Queen Mary College

Queen Mary, University of London

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He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1970 and was made a bencher

Bencher

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 in 2001. One of his judgments as a Deputy High Court Judge was in CFPH LLC's Applications which sought to bring the United Kingdom practice

Software patents under United Kingdom patent law

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 concerning patentable subject matter

Patentable subject matter

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 more into line with that of the European Patent Office

European Patent Office

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