31057 (1) Handi-Craft Company (2) New Vent Designs Inc v (1) B Free World Ltd (2) Yasmin Berkovitch (3) Mothercare (UK) Ltd (4) The Boots Company plc (5) Baby B Free Ltd (6) Action Trading Ltd (7) Amikam Berkovitch (8) Piero Alberici (9) Tamir Berkovitch (10) TTY General Trade Lines Ltd (an Israeli Company) (11) Dvora Berkovitch (12) Tamir Tirosh

Court of Appeal (Jacob LJ, Wall LJ, Lewison J, 30 July 2008) vented baby bottle to avoid colic – appeal against finding of obviousness – application of principle from prior art drinks bottle would be obvious – not relevant whether skilled person would consider making prior art concept – appeal dismissed ([2008] EWCA Civ 868)

Mr Iain Purvis QC and Ms Anna Edwards-Stuart (Withers LLP) for the appellants (Handi-Craft); Mr Dominic Hughes (Short Richardson & Forth LLP) for the respondent defendants (1), (7), (10), (11) and (12). The other respondent defendants did not appear and were not represented.