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Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases Advance Access originally published online on December 23, 2007
Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases 2008 125(1):58-98; doi:10.1093/rpc/rcm004
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[2008] R.P.C. 4

Siemens Schweiz AG v Thorn Security Ltd

High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)

(Mann J.): June 14, 15, 18–21, 25 and October 4, 20071

[2008] R.P.C. 4

Patent—Infringement—Original text of claims in German—English translation—Construction of claims in German text and in translation—Whether German text or English translation was authentic text—Whether translation conferred narrower protection—Meanings of "Durchkontaktierung", "aufgeschmolzen", "through-plating", "fused" and "facilitated"—Whether defendant's product and process infringed—Inconclusive experiments—Defendant's process description—Validity—Inventive step—Whether non-registration of ownership changes barred recovery of damages—Whether amendment to statutory bar retrospective—Whether transfer effected by consensual agreement or operation of law


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