Hearings
European Union
30 Jun 1988 (Case C-35/87); (Case C-35/87); [1990] Ch 339; [1990] 2 WLR 1394; [1989] 2 All ER 801; EU:C:1988:353, ECJ
Thetford Corpn v Fiamma SpA
Subject Matter
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Free competition — Quantitative restriction — Products patented in United Kingdom — Patents based on relative novelty — Importation of similar products — Infringement proceedings brought by proprietor of UK patents — Whether patents entitled to protection — Whether court entitled to restrain infringement by injunction — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179-II), art 36 — Patents Act 1949, s 50(1)