Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 2001 |
| Year | 2001 |
| Court | Chancery Division (Patents Court) |
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Dyson Technology Ltd v Samsung Gwangju Electronics
...of their widespread use in domestic vacuum cleaners. This use was pioneered by Sir James Dyson (see Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd [2001] RPC 26 at [12]-[17] and [44]), although it turns out that one of the items of prior art in the present case (Sanyo, which was not cited in that case) ......
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Verathon Medical V. Aircraft Medical
...with the submission of Mr Lake QC for the defender, who referred, by way of illustration, to Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd (No 1) [2001] RPC 26 and Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co v ATI Atlas Ltd [2001] FSR 31. In the first case, which concerned the patent of a cyclone vacuum cleane......
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Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) (174)
...Co v Siddell (1890) 15 App Cas 496. 174 [1999] FSR 683 at 697–698 [29] and 706 [45] per Laddie J. 175 Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd [2001] RPC 26 at 490 [39], 491 [44] per Fish QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High 176 Hallen Co v Brabantia (UK) Ltd [1989] RPC 307 at 327 per Aldous......
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Mühlbauer AG v Manufacturing Integration Technology Ltd
...His level of skill will depend on the scope of the subject matter of the patent in question (see Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd [2001] RPC 26 (“Dyson v Hoover”) at [30]). The notional skilled person is, thus, usually defined according to the qualities which he possesses. As stated in McG......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Back To Basics - A Review Of Patent Cases In 2021
...it is directed, and in the light of the common general knowledge with which the skilled addressee is assumed to be imbued (Dyson v Hoover [2001] RPC 26 at [48f])". As Birss LJ noted, sitting 'down' as a first instance judge in Facebook v Voxer8 Footnotes 1 "Swings and Roundabouts - A Review......
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Back To Basics - A Review Of Patent Cases In 2021
...it is directed, and in the light of the common general knowledge with which the skilled addressee is assumed to be imbued (Dyson v Hoover [2001] RPC 26 at [48f])". As Birss LJ noted, sitting 'down' as a first instance judge in Facebook v Voxer8 Footnotes 1 "Swings and Roundabouts - A Review......
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THE FUTURE OF INVENTIVE STEP IN PATENT LAW
...at [7]. 39[2004] EWCA Civ 381; [2004] RPC 46 at [8]. 40Hallen Co v Barbantia (UK) Ltd[1991] RPC 195. 41Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd[2001] RPC 26. The invention of a “bagless” vacuum cleaner was considered to be a surprising innovation because hitherto no one had recognised a problem wi......
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The Elusive Distinctivenes of Trade Dress in Eu Trademark Law
...698, 706 (EWCA); Case O/334/00, In re ReemtsmaCigarettenfabriken GmbH, (Sept. 7, 2000); Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s Trade Mark Application, [2001] RPC 26, 523, 540 (EWCA); P&G's TM Application, [1998] RPC 710, 714; Glaxo's TM, [2001] E.T.M.R. 9, 96, 106, ¶ 31. 266. Case R-104/1999-3, Hans Grohe......