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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd & Anor v ZTE Corporation & Ors

High Court patents judgment on Samsung’s 5G patent. The court addressed skilled person, inventive step, collocation, and plausibility arguments over an NR initial-access claim.

  • Inventive step
  • Collocation
  • Technical effect
  • Plausibility
  • Claim construction
  • Standard essential patents
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Intellectual property [2021] EWCA Civ 1924

Illumina Cambridge Ltd v Latvia MGI Tech SIA & Ors

Illumina Cambridge Ltd v Latvia MGI Tech SIA & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1924 (17 December 2021)

Court of Appeal upheld findings that Illumina’s patents on modified nucleotides and dye conjugates were valid, infringed, and not obvious over the cited prior art.

  • Patent validity
  • Inventive step/obviousness
  • Entitlement to priority
  • Dna sequencing technology
  • Patent-validity
  • Inventive-step-obviousness
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Intellectual property [2021] EWHC 1977 (Pat)

Nicoventures Trading Ltd v Philip Morris Products SA & Anor

Nicoventures Trading Ltd v Philip Morris Products SA & Anor [2021] EWHC 1977 (Pat) (14 July 2021)

The High Court held four heat-not-burn tobacco patents invalid for obviousness over prior art and common general knowledge, and dismissed the infringement counterclaim.

  • Patent validity
  • Obviousness
  • Inventive step
  • Patent infringement
  • Divisionals
  • Heat-not-burn tobacco technology
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