| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2009] All ER (D) 129 (Jul) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2009] EWHC 1671 (Pat) |
| Court: | Chancery Division, Patents Court |
| Judge: | Kitchin J |
| Representation | John Baldwin QC and Adrian Speck (instructed by McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP) for the claimants. |
| Simon Thorley QC and Justin Turner QC (instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) for the defendants. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 10 July 2009 |
Catchwords
Patent - Infringement - Validity of Patent - Novelty - Obviousness - Whether patent for extended wear contact lenses anticipated by prior art - Whether patent specifications insufficient - Whether patent infringed if valid - - Article 83 European Patents Convention
The Case
Patent Infringement. Chancery Division; Patents Court: in dismissing a claim for infringement of a patent for the design of contact lenses it was held that the patent was invalid for insufficiency.
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