In Illumina v Latvia MGI Tech (‘MGI’) [2021] EWHC 57 (Pat), Birss J (as he then was) has handed down a 520 paragraph judgment providing some helpful practical guidance in respect of several issues that commonly arise in UK patent litigation, namely:
The definition of the skilled person for obviousness in cases where it is not same as the skilled person to whom the patent is addressed;
That common general knowledge can include things that do not work as well...
March 26, 2021
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