Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 23 (Jun)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Richard Arnold QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court
Representation Colin Birss and Geoffrey Pritchard (instructed by Howrey LLP) for the claimant.
  John Baldwin QC and Brian Nicholson (instructed by Willoughby & Partners) for the Getty defendants.
  John Baldwin QC and Robert Onslow (instructed by Dorsey & Whitney) for the Corbis defendants.
Judgment Dates: 8 June 2005

Catchwords

Patents - Infringement - Construction of claim - Validity of patent.

The Case

In proceedings for infringement of a patent relating to a system for reproducing articles embodying information at the point of sale location, where they were to be sold under the control of the 'owner' of the information, the court held that the processes carried out by the defendants did not give rise to an infringement of the patent. However, having regard to established principles, the patent was invalid for obviousness.

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