Patents - Claydon Yield-O-Meter v Mzuri
Jane Lamber t Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon) Claydon Yield-O-Meter Limited v Mzuri Ltd and anothe r [2021] EWHC 1007 (IPEC) (22 April 2021) This was a claim by Claydon Yield-O-Meter Limited ("Claydon") against Mzuri Ltd ("Mzuri") and its director for the infringement of GB 2 400 296 for an “Improved seed drill” (“296”) and EP2051576 (“576”) also for an improved seed drill . There was also a counterclaim by Mzuri for the revocation of those patents. The action and counterclaim came on for trial before HH Judge Hacon between 24 and 26 Feb 2021. The learned judge delivered judgment on 22 April 2021 (see Claydon Yield-O-Meter Limited v Mzuri Ltd and another [2021] EWHC 1007 (IPEC) (22 April 2021). By para [155] of his judgment, he found that 296 was invalid but had it been valid it would have been infringed. He also found 576 not to be valid and not to have been infringed. Issues Judge Hacon considered first whether 296 had been infri...