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Kohler Mira patent infringed by Triton electric showers, UK court says

By Melissa Ritti ( December 17, 2024, 16:13 GMT | Insight) -- Efforts by Norcross Group Holdings, doing business as Triton, to launch a “Formstein” defense to allegations of patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalence by Kohler Mira were flatly rejected by a UK court yesterday. High Court Judge Melissa Clarke said it is unnecessary to wade into the applicability of Formstein to Mira’s case, given her findings that Triton is directly liable for infringing Mira’s valid UK patent directed to a dual-outlet electric shower.A four-pronged attack on the validity of a Kohler Mira patent by competitor Norcross Group Holdings, doing business as Triton, has fallen flat in the UK....

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