Nokia GmbH v IPCom/ IPCom v (1) Nokia UK Ltd (2) Nokia Corporation [2009] EWHC 3482 (Pat), 18 Jan 2010
Summary
This double patent judgement by Floyd J is interesting because of the nature of the documents cited by the counterclaimant, which argued that the content represented the common general knowledge possessed by the skilled person. The cited documents were the industry standards for GSM and GPRS and, as such, standards to which the alleged inventions allegedly conformed. The court found that, while these documents were too lengthy to be retained by a skilled person, the skilled person would know where to reference material within the contents.
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The original publication date for this article was 30/03/2010.