There may two forms of anticipatory disclosure of an invention subject to a patent application: a disclosure of the patented invention itself and a disclosure of an invention which, if performed, would necessarily infringe the patented invention
Judges:
The Hon Mr Justice Laddie
Citations:
[2002] RPC 21
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Synthon Bv v Smithkline Beecham Plc HL 20-Oct-2005
Synthon filed an international application for a patent. Before it was published, SB filed a similar application in the UK patents registry. Synthon had applied for the UK patent granted to SB to be revoked. Jacob J had found that the reader of the . .
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 12 April 2022; Ref: scu.160091