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PQ Systems v Jeff Aughton [2023] EWHC 581 (Pat)22 March 2023Jonathan Hill and Joshua Marshall successfully represented the Claimants (“PQ”) in a copyright infringement and breach of confidential information claim against the First Defendant “Mr Aughton” and a company incorporated by him and his wife. Mr Aughton was a former employee and former director of the First Claimant “PQE” and had worked on statistical process […]
Gilead v Nucana [2023] EWHC 611 (Pat)21 March 2023Michael Tappin KC, Tom Moody-Stuart KC and James Whyte successfully represented the Claimants (“Gilead”) in a claim for the revocation of the UK designation of two European patents (the “Patents”) belonging to the Defendant (“NuCana”). The claims of the Patents, which are of the same family, were product claims defined by a Markush formula that […]
Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat)16 March 2023Judgment in the FRAND trial was handed down by Mr Justice Mellor on the 16th March 2023.
Interdigital v OnePlus [2023] EWCA Civ 16617 February 2023Michael Conway represented the Appellant “OnePlus” in an appeal relating to the terms of a confidentiality regime governing the disclosure of certain licences by the Respondent “InterDigital” in the context of a FRAND dispute. It was common ground that the regime should include an undertaking to be provided by OnePlus employees, limiting their participation in […]
Marriott Worldwide Corporation v Delta Air Lines, Inc. [2023] EWHC 283 (Ch)10 February 2023Iona Berkeley acted as junior counsel for the Respondent “Delta Air Lines” in a High Court Appeal against the decision of a Hearing Officer in the UK IPO Trade Marks Registry in respect of an Application under section 47(2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (“TMA”). Delta Air Lines (the Applicant/Respondent) sought a declaration of […]