Sentences with phrase «nullity ruling»

Apple can only revive this case through a successful appeal of the Federal Patent Court's nullity ruling to the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice).

For example, the Federal Court of Justice affirmed the nullity ruling on Apple's slide - to - unlock patent, but disagreed with the Federal Patent Court for fear that its decision contained at least one statement that would get too many user interface patents invalidated.

Not exact matches

He ruled that any action done outside the prescribed time would be a nullity and that the tribunal was right to stop the recounting of the ballot papers after the 14 days had elapsed.

In the U.S., there is a full invalidity defense in all patent infringement proceedings — not so over here, where bifurcation, a concept I've blogged about and criticized before, typically results in infringement rulings long before adjudication of parallel nullity (invalidation) complaints, creating an opening for the enforcement of improperly - issued patents, potentially for several years (way too long for most defendants to refuse to settle).

An exception to this rule is permitted in the case of nullity proceedings, legal separation, or same - sex marriage.

Describing the Commission's decision as a «nullity» was a pragmatic response, based on principles drawn from previous decided cases, to a threat to the separation of powers and rule of law posed by the ouster clause.

Ford had therefore not contravened the act because the financial sanction had been «a nullity,» the court ruled.

A statute becomes a legal nullity within the jurisdiction of the ruling court.