7 Mar 2011
ASSA ABLOY NEW ZEALAND LIMITED V ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS NZ LIMITED HC WN CIV-2010-485-2
- Citation
- openlaw-c4206d83_ed9f_46b7_ab1e_2dd2633386a9.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that by the priority date the common general knowledge included clear tapered wedges and clear adhesives; replacing rivet attachment with known clear adhesives to permit underlying frame colour to show through was an obvious and minor modification requiring no inventive step, therefore the claims lack inventive step and are not an "invention" under the Act; accordingly the Commissioner’s decision was set aside and the patent grant refused.