Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats UK Ltd (formerly Contour Aerospace Ltd) – WLR Daily

Posted July 5th, 2013 in airlines, damages, EC law, estoppel, law reports, patents, Supreme Court by tracey

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats UK Ltd (formerly Contour Aerospace Ltd):[2013] UKSC 46;   [2013] WLR (D)  265

“Where judgment was given in an English court that a patent, whether English or European, was valid and infringed, and the patent was subsequently retrospectively revoked or amended, whether in England or at the European Patent Office, the defendant was entitled to rely on the fact of the revocation or amendment on an inquiry as to damages in respect of the unamended patent.”

WLR Daily, 3rd July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk