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UK Supreme Court says regardless of Article 2, doctrine of equivalents exists under UK patent law
['Patrick Cantrill']
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
On 12 July 2017 in Actavis UK Limited & others v. Eli Lilly and Company [2017] UKSC 48, the UK Supreme Court (“UKSC”), in reversing both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, addressed the extent to which under the European Patent Convention 2000 (“EPC 2000”), a patentee may obtain protection against products or processes that are not covered by the literal meaning of the claims.