A Ward Attachments v Fabcon Engineering Ltd – “Buzz” test for obviousness and acquiescence based on failure to respond to defendant’s letter

Judgment 29th July 2021 This was a patent infringement case in IPEC which concerned apparatus for receiving freight containers from the bed of a truck. Infringement and validity were in issue. On validity, it was claimed that the Patents were invalid for obviousness over two pieces of prior art, invalid for insufficiency and the divisional […]

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