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Rolawn v Turfmech [2008] EWHC 989 (Pat)7 May 2008Daniel Alexander QC and Robert Onslow acted for the claimant and Andrew Lykiardopoulos acted for the defendant in Rolawn v. Turfmech in a trial before Mann J concerning the scope of design rights in giant lawn mowers for turf growing, raising issues of the nature of the aspects of shape and configuration protected by design […]
Abbott Laboratories v Evysio Medical Devices ULC [2008] EWHC 800 (Pat)21 April 2008The Defendant had three patents relating to coronary stents. The Claimant sought a declaration of non-infringement of these patents in relation to its own coronary stent. The Defendant counter-claimed for infringement. The Claimant challenged the validity of the patents claiming that the patents were obvious, insufficient, the claims were not entitled to priority and that […]
Buhler AG v FP Spomax [2008] EWHC 823 (Ch)21 April 2008A patent infringement and validity case heard in February 2008, regarding a patent for a new ‘double roller’ grinding process method of milling flour for starch. The Defendant alleged that the patent was invalid for obviousness. The Judge held that the patent was obvious. Andrew Lykiardopoulos appeared on behalf of the successful Defendant.
JHP Limited v (1) BBC Worldwide Limited (2) Trustees of the Estate of Terry Nation [2008] EWHC 757 (Ch)16 April 2008Terry Nation created the characters called ‘Daleks’ for the BBC television series of Dr. Who. The Claimant, a book production company, made an agreement with Nation to publish three of his books about Daleks in the 1960s. Nation still developed stories about Daleks with the BBC before and after his agreement with JHP and after […]
Fisher v Brooker – ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ [2009] UKHL 414 April 2008This was a dispute about who wrote and who was entitled to rights in the music of the iconic Procol Harum hit Whiter Shade of Pale. Hammond organist Mathew Fisher claimed joint credit for the composition after 38 years during which he had been content for Gary Brooker to be recognized as the author. Despite […]