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Archive: 09 Nov 2015
Lack of Novelty and Lack of an Inventive Step are Different Reasons for Patent Invalidation
Lack of novelty and lack of an inventive step are different reasons for patent invalidation. So, new evidence does not need to be considered and examined. Fact The Intervening party (patentee of the Utility Model patent) filed a utility model patent application up to the Defendant (TIPO), and was granted through formality examination. The Plaintiff […]