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AI summary
The Supreme Court of Appeal dealt with an appeal in a patent infringement matter concerning a vehicle rollover protection system called FALOSA ROPS. The court dismissed the appeal with costs and said the high court had found infringements of several patent claims and contributory infringement. The judgment also discussed claim interpretation, expert evidence, and a failure to call a witness after an undertaking under rule 36.
This appears to concern patent infringement, claim interpretation, and the use of expert evidence in South African patent litigation.
Evidence from source
Summary: Intellectual property law – patent – infringement of claims – test to prove infringement restated – onus to prove that the infringer infringed the patent – use of expert evidence – adverse inference drawn from not calling a witness
Supports: Summary sentence 1 and topic areas
The appeal is dismissed with costs.
Supports: Summary sentence 2
the high court found that the respondents established infringements of Claims 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 to 19, and 21, and contributory infringement.
Supports: Summary sentence 2