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1242021年月 南アフリカ最高控訴裁判所（SCA）は、まれな特許判決を下しました。 *Groundprobe（Pty）LtdおよびAnother Reutech Mining（Pty）Ltdおよびその他（ケース番号1226/2019）（2021）ZASCA*、2021年3月19日。 特許侵害の主張は、特許の有効性に対する攻撃によって満たされていました。この場合の問題は、露天掘り鉱山の斜面システムの安定性を監視するために使用される（そして鉱山の壁の崩壊につながる可能性のある危険な動きを警告する）レーダーシステムの取り付けに関する特許が同じレーダーシステムが以前に車両につながれたトレーラーに取り付けられていたことを考えると、電動自動車は有効でした。被告は、特許のクレームは当業者には明白であり、したがって進歩性を伴わないと主張した。 裁判所は被告に同意し、特許はしなかったと述べた。*レーダー技術の進歩を開示します。*裁判所は、第二次世界大戦以来、レーダーが自動車に搭載されていると指摘しました。裁判官は次のように終了しました。 *「したがって、「発明の概念」の唯一の考えられる候補は、自動車の傾斜を監視するために使用されるレーダーを取り付けるという考えであることは疑いの余地がありません。これが最先端の一歩であり、とりわけ独創的な一歩であるとは言えないと思います。したがって、特許には何も残っていません。*