Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[2011] All ER (D) 184 (Nov)
Court:	Chancery Division
Judge:	Henderson J (judgment delivered extempore)
Representation	The appellant appeared in person and was not represented.
	Douglas Campbell (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Comptroller General.
Judgment Dates:	22 November 2011

Catchwords

Patent - Grant - Opposition - Claimant seeking patent for process by which marks to be put on containers to indicate alcohol units in drink - Hearing officer for Comptroller General of Patents refusing application on grounds of obviousness - Claimant submitting, inter alia, hearing officer erring in considering validity of application through hindsight - Whether hearing officer erring in decision - .

The Case

Patent Grant. The Chancery Division dismissed the claimant's appeal against a decision of the hearing officer of the Comptroller General of Patents regarding the claimant's application for patent of a process of displaying alcohol content in drinks where, on the evidence, the hearing officer had not erred in finding a lack of inventive step in the claimant's process.

Practice Areas

• Company Commercial

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