Patents - Geofabrics Ltd v Fiberweb Geosynthetics Ltd
Jane Lambert Patents Court (David Stone) Geofabrics Ltd v Fiberweb Geosynthetics Ltd [2020] EWHC 444 (Pat) (5 March 2020) This was an action for patent infringement with a counterclaim for revocation on grounds of anticipation, obviousness and insufficiency, Mr David Stone , who tried the action and counterclaim, remarked at paragraph [4] of his judgment: "No new points of law were raised. This is therefore a case which turns entirely on its facts." The did not prevent the distinguished US intellectual property scholar, Prof. Dennis Crouch, from referring to the judgment as a "UK Patent Law Primer" in his excellent blog Patentlyo (see Dennis Crouch UK Patent Law Primer: Reading through Judge Stone’s New Opinion 9 March 2020 Patentlyo), Patent in Suit The patent in suit was European patent (UK) 2 430 238 for a "trackbed liner and related methods ". A trackbed is the foundation upon which a railway track is laid. In the ...