Apotex Europe Ltd & Ors v Beecham Group Plc & Anor, Court of Appeal - Patents Court, June 06, 2003, [2003] EWHC 1395 (Pat)

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Apotex Europe Ltd & Ors v Beecham Group Plc & Anor, Court of Appeal - Patents Court, June 06, 2003, [2003] EWHC 1395 (Pat)

Case No: HC 02C 02937

Neutral Citation Number: [2003] EWHC 1395 (Pat)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

CHANCERY DIVISION

PATENTS COURT

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 6 June 2003

B e f o r e :

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE LADDIE

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(Based on the Transcript of the Shorthand Notes of

Marten Walsh Cherer Ltd., Midway House, 27-29 Cursitor Street, London EC4A 1LT.

Telephone Number: 020 7405 5010. Fax Number: 020 7405 5026.)

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Mr Tom Mitcheson (instructed by Taylor Wessing for the Claimants)

Dr Justin Turner (instructed by Simmons & Simmons for the Defendants)

Hearing dates: 6 June 2003

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Judgment

Mr Justice Laddie:

There is only one live issue before me today, n...