South Africa Case Law

Aktiebolaget Hassle and Another v Triomed (Pty) Ltd (63/2002)

Aktiebolaget Hassle and Another v Triomed (Pty) Ltd (63/2002) [2002] ZASCA 103; [2002] 4 All SA 138 (SCA); 2003 (1) SA 155 (SCA) (12 September 2002)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

63/2002

Judges

Nugent, Hefer, Harms, Farlam, Navsa

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that a patent claim for an omeprazole preparation was to be read purposively, and that a single-compound subcoating could still infringe.

• Patent Infringement
• Purposive Construction
• Pharmaceutical Patents
• Claim Interpretation
• Patent-infringement
• Claim-interpretation