A Leeds firm which makes products for the railway industry had won millions in compensation after arguing a larger rival copied their patented design
"A dispute arose when a competitor, Fiberweb Geosynthetics Ltd, was marketing a similar liner, Hydrotex 2.0, which Geofabrics believed fell within the scope of its patent. Fiberweb refused to withdraw the product when asked to do so in 2017, arguing that it did not infringe the patent, and also that the patent was invalid.”
The size of the compensation award is unusual, with research finding that between 2000 and 2019 only four UK patent cases resulted in damages awards at a combined value of around £1.4m. James Love, partner and Head of IP at WBD, said:"Patent owners are often reluctant to have the validity of their patents tested in court. It can be a challenge to prove the validity and it is not uncommon for the courts to revoke patent rights. This is one reason why few cases reach court, with typically only around 20 patent cases being decided in the High Court each year. Appeal court decisions and rulings on amounts payable are even rarer.
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