South Africa Case Law

Pasadena Leather Products CC t/a Pasadena Products and Another v Resca and Another (137/2016)

Pasadena Leather Products CC t/a Pasadena Products and Another v Resca and Another (137/2016) [2016] ZASCA 204; 2016 BIP 63 (SCA) (15 December 2016)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

137/2016

Judges

Leach, Swain, Dambuza, Mathopo, Makgoka

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that a swivel holster did not infringe a patent for a lockable holster because it lacked the patent’s second camming surface.

• Patent Infringement
• Purposive Construction
• Essential Integers
• Lockable Holster
• Patents Act Interpretation
• Patent-infringement