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Intellectual Property [2008] ZASCA 46

Northpark Trading 3 (Pty) Ltd v Ausplow (Pty) Ltd (278/07)

Northpark Trading 3 (Pty) Ltd v Ausplow (Pty) Ltd (278/07) [2008] ZASCA 46; 2008 BIP 14 (SCA) (31 March 2008)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
278/07
Judges
Streicher, Nugent, Heher, Hurt, Snyders

The Supreme Court of Appeal revoked a patent for seeding machinery, holding that the remaining claimed feature was obvious and involved no inventive step.

  • Patent Infringement
  • Inventive Step
  • Novelty
  • Revocation Of Patent
  • State Of The Art
  • Patent-revocation
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Intellectual Property [1995] ZASCA 131

G I Marketing CC v Fraser-Johnston (172/94)

G I Marketing CC v Fraser-Johnston (172/94) [1995] ZASCA 131; [1996] 1 All SA 1 (A) (20 November 1995)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
172/94
Judges
Corbett, E M Grosskopf, Nestadt, Harms, Scott

The court dismissed an appeal in a patent revocation dispute, holding key claims of two patents lacked novelty and that one claim was ambiguous.

  • Patent Revocation
  • Novelty
  • Obviousness
  • Ambiguity
  • State Of The Art
  • Amendment Of Patent Claims
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