“…ermission to appeal on the basis that there was arguably a tension between the House of Lords’ decision in Conor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc [2008] UKHL 49, [2008] RPC 28and this Court’s decisions in Pozzoli and Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc [2019] EWCA Civ 2230, [2020] RPC 1, the resolution of whi…”
“…In Conor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc [2008] UKHL 49, [2008] RPC 28 claim 12 was to a taxol-coated stent “for treating or preventing restenosis”, which the House of Lords construed as meaning that it would preven…”
“…77 Patents Act to state advantages in a patent specification. If further authority were needed for the general rule, the landmark decision in Conor v Angiotech [2008] UKHL 49 in the House of Lords supports it. There Lord Hoffmann noted at paragraph 19 that there was no requirement in the Act or the Convention for the patent to expla…”