tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949935810569534550.post459324170400150666..comments2023-08-17T14:09:24.945+01:00Comments on PatLit: the patent litigation weblog: Same patent, same allegation, different outcomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949935810569534550.post-55600164251871159862009-08-05T17:35:43.354+01:002009-08-05T17:35:43.354+01:00Well maybe like the Improver and the Hilti (Spanns...Well maybe like the Improver and the Hilti (Spannschraube) cases, it takes a second bite at the cherry (the appeal instance) to sort things out. And anyway, if litigation is the last resort (as it should be), and so confined to those 50:50 cases in which both sides think they should win, what's so regrettable about different courts coming to different conclusions. They would in the same country, so why not in different countries too. Healthy argument about which judge got it most right will raise judging standards all over Europe, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949935810569534550.post-12260119347620634812009-08-05T10:44:31.707+01:002009-08-05T10:44:31.707+01:00oddly enough, the decision nowhere appears to iden...oddly enough, the decision nowhere appears to identify the patent in suit. I g(oogle)uess it is <br />EP0808138.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com