Who (or what) is the “person skilled in the art”? This was the main question posed in the case of Schlumberger Holdings Ltd v Electromagnetic Geoservices AS [2010] EWCA Civ 819, the judgment of which was issued yesterday by the Court of Appeal.  T…

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The title of this item might seem a little curious, but not to any patent-hounds who have been sniffing at the Kat’s recent posts here and here. The following is a little piece by the IPKat’s valued friend and colleague, European patent attorney Kevin…

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It’s always a little disappointing when you hope that an appeal will be decided on one ground and find that it can comfortably be disposed of on quite another one. That’s what happened in Edwards Lifesciences AG v Cook Biotech Inc. A year ago (here)…

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“Judge gives word its ordinary meaning” was the striking headline of the IPKat’s post last summer (here) on the decision of Mr Justice Mann (Patents Court, England and Wales) in Occlutech GmbH v AGA Medical Corp; Dot Medical Ltd [2009] EWHC 2013 (Ch). …

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If you’ve ever had problems cutting a sandwich neatly, spare a thought for those dedicated souls who work so hard to find new and better ways of making those charming little cartons in which most mass-produced sandwiches are housed and subsequently sol…

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