Cantel Medical (UK) Ltd v ARC Medical Design Ltd

Cantel Medical (UK) Ltd v ARC Medical Design Ltd

Arc’s patents (as unconditionally amended) are valid and infringed by Cantel’s AmplifEYE; the Vision Registered Community Design is valid and infringed by AmplifEYE, but not by AmplifEYEs 2 and 3; UK unregistered design rights subsist and are owned by Arc, and are infringed by AmplifEYE and would be infringed by AmplifEYEs 2 and 3; Endocuff RCD is valid but not infringed; UK conditionally amended patent claim adds matter and is invalid.

Parties
Claimant: Cantel Medical (UK) Limited; Claimant: Cantel (UK) Limited; Defendant: Arc Medical Design Limited
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
23 February 2018
Procedural Posture
Intellectual Property Dispute / Final Judgment
Outcome
Judgment for Arc Medical Design Limited in respect of patent and design infringement; partial declarations for Cantel on non-infringement of Endocuff RCD and AmplifEYEs 2 and 3.
Legal Topics
Patent Validity, Patent Infringement, Registered Community Design, Unregistered Design Right, Added Matter, Inventive Step, Design Corpus, Technical Function Exclusion
Intellectual Property Patent Law Design Law Patent Validity Patent Infringement Registered Community Design Unregistered Design Right Added Matter +3 more

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Parties

Cantel Medical (UK) Limited

Claimant

Cantel (UK) Limited

Claimant

Arc Medical Design Limited

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Intellectual Property Dispute / Final Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Validity and infringement of European Patent (UK) No. 2 575 590 and UK Patent No. 2 478 081
  2. 2 Validity and infringement of Registered Community Designs (Endocuff RCD and Vision RCD)
  3. 3 Subsistence and infringement of UK unregistered design rights

Ratio Decidendi

Arc’s patents (as unconditionally amended) are valid and infringed by Cantel’s AmplifEYE; the Vision Registered Community Design is valid and infringed by AmplifEYE, but not by AmplifEYEs 2 and 3; UK unregistered design rights subsist and are owned by Arc, and are infringed by AmplifEYE and would be infringed by AmplifEYEs 2 and 3; Endocuff RCD is valid but not infringed; UK conditionally amended patent claim adds matter and is invalid.

Court Disposition

Judgment for Arc Medical Design Limited in respect of patent and design infringement; partial declarations for Cantel on non-infringement of Endocuff RCD and AmplifEYEs 2 and 3.

Orders

  • Arc granted permission to amend patents as per unconditional applications.
  • Both patents (as amended) are valid and infringed by AmplifEYE and would be infringed by AmplifEYEs 2 and 3.