UK appellate court weighs in on Swiss-type claims

Kingsley Egbuonu

June 02 2015

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has provided guidance on the construction of a second medical use patent with Swiss-type claims for the purposes of establishing infringement, and followed Dutch and German case law in finding an arguable case for indirect infringement of such patent

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Kingsley Egbuonu

Research Editor Managing IP

Kingsley oversees the research for Managing IP’s annual awards programme and our legal guide known as IP STARS, a publication that ranks IP law firms and practitioners. His postgraduate qualifications include a master’s degree in IP from Queen Mary University of London.

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