Patent case: SSH Communications v Sony Mobile Communications & ors, United Kingdom
January 27, 2019
The Court of Appeal upheld the first instance decision that the patent in suit lacked novelty and inventive step over the prior art. The Court confirmed, following Halliburton v Smith, that despite the fact the parties had reached a confidential settlement and Sony was not involved in the appeal, it was necessary to hear the appeal on its merits as it would not be right to restore a patent which had been held invalid by the court below unless that decision had been shown to be wrong.
Case date: 11 October 2018
Case number: [2018] EWCA Civ 2237
Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Civil Division
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
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Prior Art,
Confidential
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