“…dset’ of the skilled person can be a factor preventing him from seeing something as obvious: see Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd [2001] RPC 27 (and on appeal [2001] EWCA Civ 1440) where the mindset in the vacuum cleaner industry was such that no-one would think of dispensing with a bag, and the skilled person would approach the suggesti…”
“… person presented with McDonald, by contrast, is not presented with anything of which he is in real need. Here Sedley LJ’s remarks in Dyson Appliances v Hoover [2001] EWCA Civ 1440 at [86] are apt:…”
“…dset’ of the skilled person can be a factor preventing him from seeing something as obvious: see Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd [2001] RPC 27 (and on appeal [2001] EWCA Civ 1440) where the mindset in the vacuum cleaner industry was such that no-one would think of dispensing with a bag, and the skilled person would approach the suggesti…”