26 Mar 2014
SNE ENGINEERING CO LTD v. HSIN CHONG CONSTRUCTION CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- SNE ENGINEERING CO LTD v. HSIN CHONG CONSTRUCTION CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1466/2012
The court held the short-term patent invalid and the plaintiff's claim dismissed: the specification failed to disclose the invention clearly and completely (insufficiency) such that a person skilled in the art could not perform the alleged rotator and wedge method without undue burden; moreover the applicant and its partners had made prior enabling disclosures and the search report was inconsistent with the claimed invention, all of which fatally undermined validity; Chim Kee was not liable on the pleaded case.