Patents Defeated by Standards: Nokia GmbH v IP Com/IPCom v(1) Nokia UK Ltd (2) Nokia Corporation [2009] EWHC 3482 (Pat),January 28, 2010

摘要

The unusual feature of this double-patent judgment was the nature of the documents cited by the counterclaimant. The documents cited were the industry standards for GSM and GPRS, and, as such, standards to which the alleged inventions allegedly conformed. The counterclaimant successfully argued that the standards formed part of the common general knowledge and that the patents were consequently invalid.