IP Case Digest · Patents

Omega SA v. The Controller of Patents and Designs, CMA(PT) 13/2023

Case number
CMA(PT) 13/2023
Date of judgment
Outcome
Set aside

Headnote

A nanoscale process for inlaying metal into ceramic was refused as obvious in a two paragraph order that equated it to ordinary laser etching. The Controller should have looked at the whole process and the finished product rather than at one commonly available step within it.

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Disposition

Allowed. Order of refusal set aside.

Headnote by BRB Legal, written from the judgment: a summary for reference, not legal advice. Read the judgment itself before relying on it.