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| 12 Dec 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 3196 (Pat)
On an application for an interim injunction in a complex patent case, the court should not conduct a mini-trial or attempt to assess validity where the issues…
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| 27 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 2842 (Pat)
Patent claims are construed objectively from the language used, particularly the claims, read in the context of the specification. The Protocol permits…
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| 7 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 2787 (Pat)
On a summary judgment application, a defence must have a real, properly evidenced prospect of success. A bare assertion of law is insufficient; the defendant…
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| 29 Sep 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 2361 (Pat)
Where a registered design’s statement of novelty refers to a specimen, the specimen must remain available for public inspection. A design registration should…
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| 16 Sep 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 2589 (Pat)
An order under section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 requiring a non-party to pay costs is exceptional. The court must distinguish a pure, commercially…
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| 31 Jul 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 1892 (Pat)
A defendant who has finally lost a patent infringement action cannot avoid an inquiry as to damages by relying on the patent’s later revocation in separate…
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| 6 Jun 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 1395 (Pat)
When exercising the discretion to order the early or conjoined trial of declarations of non-infringement, the court must balance the applicant’s commercial…
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| 15 Apr 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 876 (Pat)
Costs must be assessed proportionately in the circumstances of the litigation as a whole. Proportionality operates at both ends of the scale: parties in…
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| 2 Apr 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 649 (Pat)
For supplementary protection, a combination of active ingredients must itself be protected by the basic patent. It is insufficient that one component…
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| 11 Mar 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 533 (Pat)
Applications concerning the conduct and timetable of pre-trial experiments must be assessed proportionately. Parties to High Court litigation are expected to…
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| 5 Mar 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 430 (Pat)
Section 118 of the Patents Act 1977 requires the Comptroller to provide information relating to a published patent application which is available from the…
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| 18 Feb 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 624 (Pat)
Where a court is asked to order an interim payment of costs before it has heard the trial or inquiry, CPR 44.3.8 creates no presumption either for or against…
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| 6 Feb 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 150 (Pat)
Where a commercially important patent-construction issue is self-contained and can be decided quickly, the court may list it for early determination even…
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| 6 Feb 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 116 (Pat)
Summary judgment is inappropriate where the issue relied upon is a question of fact and the earlier determination arose in proceedings involving different…
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| 4 Feb 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 127 (Pat)
Results generated and disclosed solely for the purposes of existing proceedings fall within the use restriction in CPR 31.22. They may be used only for those…
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| 21 Jan 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 5 (Pat)
A patent claim is not inventive merely because it identifies an untested member of a known class where the prior art discloses relevant structure–activity…
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