Read the full judgment text of CACV 000164/1990 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 November 1990.
1. The action out of which this intended interlocutory appeal arises was started by a writ dated 3rd May 1988. I use the word "intended" for reasons which will appear. There has been a change of parties since the action was first instituted; now there are three plaintiffs and two defendants. The 1st and 2nd plaintiffs claim to be the proprietors of a United Kingdom patent registered in Hong Kong in respect of an invention for a certain type of heater and it is claimed that by an assignment in wr