MacDermid Incorporated (“MacDermid”) filed an application with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) to revoke Singapore Patent No. 45087 entitled “Copper Coating” – owned by Alpha Fry Limited (“Alpha Fry”) – on 14th August 2001.
Alpha Fry received a copy of the application along with the statement of the grounds of revocation from IPOS and subsequently filed their counter-statement, a copy of which was served to MacDermid, accompanied by a copy of the proposed amendments to all the claims. MacDermid then filed evidence in support of their case, with Alpha Fry following suit.
During a Pre-Hearing Review attended by the IPOS Patent Registrar and the representatives of MacDermid and Alpha Fry, both parties involved agreed to stay the Singapore proceedings until the European proceedings relating to the corresponding European patent was resolved, and worked on settlement terms in the meantime.