Patents - Coloplast A/S v Salts Healthcare Limited.
Author BruceBlaus Licence CC BY 3.0 Source Wikipedia Colostomy Jane Lambert Patents Court (Nicholas Caddick QC) Coloplast A/S v Salts Healthcare Limited [2021] EWHC 3 (Pat) (18 Jan 2021) This was an action for patent infringement and a counterclaim for revocation. The patent in suit was EP (UK) 2 854 723 for a comfort layer for a collecting bag and the claimant, Coloplast A/S, was the patentee. Coloplast complained that Salts Healthcare Limited ( "Salts" ) had infringed the patent by marketing a product that fell within several of the claims of the patent. Salts contended that the patent was invalid for want of novelty and inventive step, insufficiency, absence of technical contribution and added matter. The action and counterclaim came on before Mr Nicholas Caddick QC sitting as a judge of the High Court. He tried the action and counterclaim between 28 and 30 Sept and on 1, 6 and 7 Oct 2020. In Coloplast A/S v Salts Healthcare Li...