Obviousness

Concept of Obviousness in IP Law

[rtbs name=”intellectual-property-law”]Lambert defined obviousness as follows: Lack of an inventive step. One of the grounds for revoking a patent. To be valid an invention must involve an inventive step, which means it must not be obvious to a skilled person having regard to the state of the art (s1(1)(b) and s3 of the Patents Act 1977.