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KF Global Brands v Lead Wear [2023] EWHC 1303 (IPEC)2 June 2023Joshua Marshall successfully represented the Defendants (collectively, “Lead Wear”) in an infringement of UK unregistered design right (“UKUDR”) action brought by the Claimant (“KF Global”). KF Global alleged subsistence of UKUDR in a design of cargo trousers dated 13 April 2015 (the “BKS-001 Design”), which it claimed had been infringed by three versions of trousers […]
Optis v Apple 2023 EWHC 1095 (Ch)10 May 2023Adrian Speck KC, Tom Moody-Stuart KC, Isabel Jamal, Thomas Jones and Jennifer Dixon (with Sarah Ford KC and Emily MacKenzie) represented the Claimants “Optis” in the FRAND Trial in proceedings brought by Optis against the Defendants “Apple”. In his 285 page judgment, Marcus Smith J determined the FRAND terms of a global licence for Apple’s […]
Safestand v Weston [2023] EWHC 1098 (Pat)10 May 2023Henry Edwards successfully represented the Claimant in its application for specific disclosure of documents and data relating to experiments relied on in the Defendants’ Amended Notice of Experiment (“ANOE”)—also known as Mayne Pharma disclosure. The context of the hearing was a claim for infringement of three patents, including on the doctrine of equivalents, and three […]
Optis v Apple [2023] EWCA Civ 43825 April 2023James Abrahams KC, James Whyte and Michael Conway appeared for the Appellants (“Optis”) and Lindsay Lane KC (together with Adam Gamsa) appeared for the Respondents (“Apple”)  in an appeal from the Order of Meade J revoking Optis’s patent following Trial C in the proceedings between the parties. The patent claimed a method of allocating space […]
Donna Molavi v BBC Studios Production [2023] EWHC 646 (Ch)23 March 2023Martin Howe KC appeared for the claimant, leading Henry Edwards, in a claim for infringement of copyright in the claimant’s synopses, treatment and draft screenplays for a story called “London Dark Web”. She alleged that episodes of the BBC drama “Silent Witness” had been copied from her works. The BBC and a screenwriter who was […]