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Intellectual Property [2008] ZASCA 37

Buckman Laboratories (Pty) Ltd v Bromine Compounds Ltd (655/06)

Buckman Laboratories (Pty) Ltd v Bromine Compounds Ltd (655/06) [2008] ZASCA 37; 2008 BIP 21 (SCA) (28 March 2008)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
655/06
Judges
Streicher, Nugent, Heher, Hurt, Snyders

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that claims in a patent for water disinfection lacked an inventive step because the process was obvious in light of prior art.

  • Patent Revocation
  • Inventive Step
  • Obviousness
  • Patents Act
  • Expert Evidence
  • Patent-revocation
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