Patents - J C Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd
Author Abhishekptlbbk Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Patents Court (HH Judge Hacon) JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 1724 (Pat) (4 July 2022) This was a claim by J C Bamford Excavators ("JCB") against Manitou UK Ltd and its French holding company Manitou BF SA ("Manitou") for patent infringement and a counterclaim by Manitou for revocation of the patents in suit. Those patents were EP 1 532 065 B2 for a Control system for a load handling apparatus (“EP 065”), EP 2 263 965 B9 for a Method of Operating a Working Machine (“EP 965”), EP 2 616 382 B3 for a Controller for use with a machine, machine including said controller, and method for controlling a machine (“EP 382”) and UK Patent No. GB 2 390 595 B for a Control system for a machine (“GB 595”). The action and counterclaim came on for trial before His Honour Judge Hacon between 15 and 18 and 24 and 25 ...