The court remarked, in patents cases, on the difficulty in differentiating between common general knowledge and what is known only by some, and the need to bear in mind that the notional skilled addressee is the ordinary man who might not have the advantages possessed by some employees of large companies.
Judges:
Lord Justice Hirst Lord Justice Aldous Lord Justice Schiemann
Citations:
[1997] EWCA Civ 993, [1997] RPC 488
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Seb SAa v Societe De’Longhi Spa CA 4-Jul-2003
The claimant’s action for patent infringement had been dismissed on the basis that the patent was invalid for obviousness.
Held: There was material before the judge on which he could properly conclude as he did on the presence of common . .
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 05 November 2022; Ref: scu.141389
