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Orderly Mind v Queue-It [2022] EWHC 3016 (Ch)22 November 2022Henry Ward successfully represented the Defendant “Queue-It” in a further security for costs application under CPR rule 25.13(2)(c) against the Claimant. The parties had settled the first security for costs application. Bacon J held that the settlement was not a basis for refusing to award further security because the settlement order had envisaged that the […]
Teva v Novartis [2022] EWHC 2847 (Pat)10 November 2022Tom Moody-Stuart KC and Henry Ward represented the Claimants, Teva, and the Defendants, Novartis, respectively, in an action for revocation of two Novartis patents for a swallowable tablet containing deferasirox – a compound used in the treatment of iron overload – and a declaration of non-infringement for Teva’s product Teva DFX. Novartis counterclaimed for infringement. […]
Nokia v Oppo [2022] EWHC 2814 (Pat)9 November 2022Michael Tappin KC successfully represented Nokia in a patent infringement action against the Defendants “Oppo” who counterclaimed for invalidity. The patent in issue, which was not essential, was for a mobile phone transmitter. Nokia sought to prove infringement by doing experiments and by obtaining disclosure from a third party in the US courts using the […]
Kigen v Thales [2022] EWHC 2846 (Pat)8 November 2022Mark Chacksfield KC and Thomas Jones represented the patentee, Thales, in its jurisdictional or case management challenge seeking to stay a claim for a FRAND determination brought by Kigen, the implementer of standardised eSIM technology. Fancourt J held that while the Court had jurisdiction to determine the FRAND terms notwithstanding that Kigen refused to give […]
Optis v Apple [2022] EWCA Civ 141127 October 2022Isabel Jamal and Jennifer Dixon appeared for the Claimants (“Optis”), in the appeal of the judgment of Meade J in “Trial F” in proceedings against the Defendants (“Apple”). Meade J had decided that the owner of a patent is entitled to an immediate “FRAND injunction” once the court has found the patent to be valid, […]