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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, […]
Pasternak v Prescott [2022] EWHC 2695 (Ch)25 October 2022Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Henry Edwards successfully represented the Defendant Lara Prescott in Pasternak v Prescott, the recent litigation concerning Doctor Zhivago. The Claimant was the journalist Anna Pasternak, the great-niece of Boris Pasternak. Ms Pasternak wrote Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago, published in 2016. Lara is a non-fiction […]