Conor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc and Another: PatC 24 Feb 2006

The court found the defendant’s patent invalid for obviousness.
The Honourable Mr Justice Pumfrey
[2006] EWHC 260 (Pat), [2006] RPC 28
Bailii
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal fromAngiotech Pharmaceuticals and Another v Conor Medsystems Inc CA 16-Jan-2007
The appellants challenged a finding that their patent for a vascular stent failed for obviousness.
Held: To overcome a judge’s finding in such a case some error of principle had to be shown. No such error was shown and the appeal failed. . .
At Patents CourtConor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc and others HL 9-Jul-2008
The respondents had applied for and obtained an order to revoke the appellant’s patent of a stent for obvousness. Though the parties had settled, the public law element required the intervention of the Comptroller General. The House was asked about . .

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