The General Tire & Rubber Company v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd and Others

Core Citations

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CONSIDERS

• Johns-Manville Corporation's Patent

REFERS TO

• Raleigh Cycle Company Ltd v H. Miller & Company Ltd
• BTH Company Ltd v Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company Ltd
• National Colour Kinematograph Company, Ltd v Bioschemes, Ltd

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• Johns-Manville Corporation's Patent
• Flour Oxidizing Company Ltd v Carr & Company Ltd
• Longbottom v Shaw
• Technograph Printed Circuits Ltd v Mills & Rockley (Electronics) Ltd
• The General Tire & Rubber Company v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd

APPLIES

• Parkes, Samuel, & Company v Cocker Bros Ltd
• Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company Ltd v Glacier Metal Company Ltd
• British Thomson - Houston Company Ltd v Corona Lamp Works Ltd

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• British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Ltd v Braulik

AFFIRMS

• The General Tire & Rubber Company v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd

CONSIDERS

• Patents Act 1949

CONSIDERED in

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• Lufthansa Technik AG (a company incorporated in Germany) v Astronics Advanced Electronics Systems (a company incorporated in the state of Washington, USA)

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• Ensygnia IP Ltd v Shell Oil Products Ltd
• Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd (a company incorporated under the laws of Israel) v Generics UK Ltd (trading as Mylan)
• Lufthansa Technik AG (a company incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany) v Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems (a company incorporated under the laws of the state of Washington, USA)
• Soloman v Bristol Film Studios (No 1)
• Nokia Technologies OY v Oneplus Ltd Technology (Shenzhen) Company, Ltd
• Ludlow Music Inc. v Williams (No 2)
• Interdigital Technology Corporation v Lenovo Group Ltd
• Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd v Ono Pharmaceutical Company Ltd and Another
• R2 Semiconductor, Inc. v Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd
• Smithkline Beecham Plc v Apotex Europe Ltd (No. 3)
• Research in Motion UK Ltd v (1) Inpro Licensing SARL and T-Mobile (UK) Ltd
• Illumina Cambridge Ltd v Latvia MGI Tech Sia
• Fibrogen Inc. v Akebia Therapeutics Inc.
• Modernatx, Inc. v Pfizer Ltd
• Bristol Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited v Norton (Waterford) Ltd T/A Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland
• Gilead Sciences, Inc. v Mylan S.A.S., Generics (U.K.) Ltd T/A Mylan
• Gilead Sciences Inc.

CITED in

• Pharmacia Italia S.P.A v Mayne Pharma Pty Ltd
• E I Du Pont De Nemours & Company v Imperial Chemical Industries Plc
• Venus Adult Shops Pty Ltd v Fraserside Holdings Ltd

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• Blue Gentian Llc and Another v Tristar Products (UK) Ltd and Another
• HTC Corporation v Gemalto S.A.
• Force India Formula 1 Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD and Others
• Hospira UK Ltd v Genentech Inc.
• Meter-Tech LLC and Another v British Gas Trading Ltd
• Actavis UK Ltd and Others v Eli Lilly & Company
• Synthon BV v Smithkline Beecham Plc (No.2)
• H. Lundbeck A/S (Claimant/Part 20 Defendant) v (1) Norpharma Spa (2) Infosint S/A (Defendants/Part 20 Claimants) (3) Lundbeck Ltd and Others (Third, Fourth and Fifth Parties/ Part 20 Defendants)

REFERRED in

• Spind Malaysia Sdn Bhd v Justrade Marketing Sdn Bhd
• Sungei Kahang Palm Oil Sdn Bhd and Another v YKL Engineering Sdn Bhd
• B Braun Melsungen AG v Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha

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• Spind Malaysia Sdn Bhd v Justrade Marketing Sdn Bhd and Others
• SKB Shutters Manufacturing Sdn Bhd v Seng Kong Shutter Industries Sdn Bhd
• Fukuyama Automation Sdn Bhd v Xin Xin Engineering Sdn Bhd
• Kendek Industry Sdn Bhd v Ecotherm (TFT) Sdn Bhd
• Paterson Zochonis & Company Ltd v Merfarken Packaging Ltd
• Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc v Sky Home Services Ltd
• Omnipharm Ltd v Merial
• Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. v Conor Medsystems Inc.
• Coflexip SA v Stolt Offshore MS Ltd (formerly Stolt Comex Seaway MS Ltd) (No 2)
• Spring Form Inc. v Toy Brokers Ltd
• AP Racing v Alcon Components
• Blayney Trading as Aardvark Jewelry and Clogau T. David's Gold mines Ltd and Others
• Gemstar-Tvguide International Inc. and Others (Claimants/Appellants) v Virgin Media Ltd and Another
• The Horne Engineering Company Ltd v Reliance Water Controls Ltd
• Devenish Nutrition Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis SA (France) & others
• Unilin Beheer BV v Berry Floor NV
• Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Inc.
• Dyson Technology Ltd v Samsung Gwangju Electronics
• Pell Frischmann Engineering Ltd v Bow Valley Iran Ltd, Bow Valley Energy Ltd, P.T. Bakrie Interinvestindo and Bow Valley International (Jersey) Ltd
• Genelabs Diagnostics Pte Ltd v Institut Pasteur and Another
• Philip Morris Products S.A. v Nicoventures Trading Ltd
• General Tire & Rubber Company v Firestone Tyre & Rubber Company Ltd
• Generics (UK) Ltd v Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company Ltd (Costs)
• Retail Systems Technology Ltd v P.J. McGuire and Others
• SmithKline Beecham Plc v Apotex Europe Ltd

FOLLOWED in

• Heveafoam Asia Sdn Bhd v PF (Teknologi) Sdn Bhd
• Ranbaxy (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd v El Du Pont Nemours and Company
• Laboratorios Almirall SA v Boehringer Ingelheim International GMBH

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• Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Eurocell Building Plastics Ltd
• Duffy v Ridley Properties Ltd
• Generics (UK) Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S

APPLIED in

• Sevcon Ltd v Lucas CAV Ltd
• Kleinwort Benson Ltd v South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
• Halliburton Energy Services Inc. v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd

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• Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd v Warner Lambert Company
• Re Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Appellants)

REPORTED OPINION OF in

• 1975 RPC 203
• [1971] FSR 417
• [1971] LS Law Pat 1

REVERSED in

• General Tire & Rubber Company v Firestone Tyre & Rubber Company Ltd

DISTINGUISHED in

• Stoke-on-Trent City Council v W. & J. Wass Ltd

This document cites

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• Raleigh Cycle Company Ltd v H. Miller & Company Ltd
• British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Ltd v Braulik
• Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company Ltd v Glacier Metal Company Ltd
• Parkes, Samuel, & Company v Cocker Bros Ltd
• Flour Oxidizing Company Ltd v Carr & Company Ltd



See all quotations

• The General Tire & Rubber Company v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd
• National Colour Kinematograph Company, Ltd v Bioschemes, Ltd
• Johns-Manville Corporation's Patent
• Longbottom v Shaw
• BTH Company Ltd v Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company Ltd
• British Thomson - Houston Company Ltd v Corona Lamp Works Ltd
• Technograph Printed Circuits Ltd v Mills & Rockley (Electronics) Ltd
• Patents Act 1949