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ATAS/1061/2007 • CJ GE ATAS/1061/2007 Généré par l'IA

Patent Infringement Analysis and No Infringement Finding

Numéro de cause ATAS/1061/2007
Autorité / Tribunal
Juridiction Suisse · Canton de Genève (CH-GE)
Date de la décision
Issue du litige Partiellement admis (Partially Allowed)

Synthèse Legislator

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The case concerns a dispute over whether certain actions constituted patent infringement, with the court analyzing the scope of the claims in light of the specification and prior art. The court reasoned that the key issue was whether the defendant's product met every limitation of the asserted claims, applying the doctrine of equivalents where literal infringement was absent, ultimately concluding that the defendant's apparatus did not meet all the necessary structural or functional limitations of the patented claims, either literally or equivalently, and therefore found no infringement.

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF; Patent Infringement Analysis and No Infringement Finding: The court reasoned that the key issue was whether the defendant's product met every limitation of the asserted claims, applying the doctrine of equivalents where literal infringement was absent, ultimately concluding that the defendant's apparatus did not meet all the necessary structural or functional limitations of the patented claims, either literally or equivalently, and therefore found no infringement.

Mots-clés

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contrefaçon de brevet produits concernés cahier des charges non-usage de la marque brevet essentiel degré de la preuve

Dispositions légales citées

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

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