United Kingdom patent law

Teleste Secures Double Patent Win

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Monday, November 18, 2019

TURKU, Finland, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- This afternoon, the United Kingdom Patents Court, handed down its decision in Technetix BV and Technetix Limited's patent infringement action against Teleste Limited.

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  • TURKU, Finland, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- This afternoon, the United Kingdom Patents Court, handed down its decision in Technetix BV and Technetix Limited's patent infringement action against Teleste Limited.
  • The Judgment was favourable to Teleste in that the Patents Court determined that Technetix' patent was invalid on several grounds and that it should be revoked.
  • This latest decision follows on from a previous decision of Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) in January 2019 in another action brought by Technetix against Teleste alleging infringement of its United Kingdom patent relating to tap banks.
  • In that earlier decision IPEC found that Technetix' patent in that case was also invalid and should be revoked.