NIPC Law

2D Structure of T ravoprost Author Vaccinationist     Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Meade)   Alcon Research LLC and other v Actavis Group PTC EHF and others [2021] EWHC 1026 (Pat) (23 April 2021) This was an action for relief for the infringement of European patent (UK) 1 920 764  which had expired in 2014 and a counterclaim for its revocation on grounds of anticipation , obviousness  and insufficiency .  The defendants admitted that their products would have infringed the patent had it been valid so these were effectively revocation proceedings.  A supplementary protection certificate  numbered  SPC/GB12/038  had been granted for  Travoprost  upon the expiry of the patent but the only issue that related to the SPC depended on the validity of the patent. The action and counterclaim came on for trial before Mr Justice Meade between 16 and 22 March 2021 and his lordship delivered ju...

Author Odor  Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 unported Source Wikipedia Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Lewison, Lindblom and Flaux)  A P Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1420 (21 June 2018)  This was an appeal by the claimant company, A P Racing Ltd ( "AP" ) , against the decision of His Honour Judge Hacon in AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2017] EWHC 248 (IPEC) (15 Feb 2017).  His Honour held that one of 7 disk brake calipers manufactured by Alcon Components Ltd ( "Alcon" )  infringed UK patent no. GB 2,452,690  for a disc brake caliper body and a disc brake caliper comprising such a body but the other 6 did not. AP appealed against the finding of non-infringement in relation to 2 of Alcon's calipers, CAR 1249 and CAR 37. The appeal came on before Lords Justices Lewison, Lindblom and Flaux and the lead judgment was delivered by Lord Justice Lewison.  His lordship did not ment...