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Actavis UK Ltd v Eli Lilly & Co
[2017] UKSC 48
Key Principle
Lord Neuberger reformulated the test for patent infringement by equivalents: (1) does the variant achieve substantially the same result in substantially the same way, (2) would this have been obvious to the skilled person, (3) would the skilled person have understood the patentee intended strict compliance with the literal meaning.
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