Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 148 (Jun)
Neutral Citation: [2009] EWCA Civ 498
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Waller and Jacob LJJ

Representation Daniel Alexander QC and James St Ville (instructed by DLA Piper UK LLP) for the claimant.
  Andrew Lykiardopoulos (instructed by Kuit Steinart Levy LLP) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 16 June 2009

Catchwords

Patent - Infringement - Proceedings for infringement - Claimant company owning European patent entitled 'Channel Assembly' - Claimant alleging defendant company infringing patent by producing and supplying its own channel assembly - Judge concluding defendant not infringing claimant's patent - Relevant principles of claim construction - European Patent Convention, art 69.

The Case

Patent Infringement. After summarising the principles of claim construction, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division allowed the appeal of the claimants against the judge's ruling that the defendant had not infringed its patent.

Practice Areas

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