Hearings
England & Wales
17 Mar 2011 [2011] EWHC 583 (Pat); [2011] Bus LR D153, Ch D (Floyd J)
07 Mar 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 235; [2013] Bus LR D17; [2012] WLR (D) 66, CA
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG
Subject Matter
PATENT — Revocation — Obviousness — European patent for medical invention — Claim for revocation on ground of obviousness in items of prior art — Guidance as to how to identify inventive step — Whether principle to examine each step of process by skilled person leading to determination on obviousness — Whether steps in process capable of hindering finding of inventiveness
Appellate History
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG [2011] EWHC 583 (Pat); [2011] Bus LR D153, Ch D
Decision of Floyd J affirmed
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG [2012] EWCA Civ 235; [2013] Bus LR D17; [2012] WLR (D) 66, CA