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Tehrani v Hamilton Bonaduz AG & Ors [2021] EWHC 3457 (IPEC)22 December 2021Henry Ward successfully appeared for the defendants (“Hamilton”) in proceedings brought by Professor Tehrani for the infringement of her patent relating to the method and apparatus for controlling a ventilator.  Hamilton counterclaimed for revocation of the patent on the grounds of lack of novelty, lack of inventive step and insufficiency. The patent related to the […]
Nintendo Co Ltd v British Telecommunications plc & Ors [2021] EWHC 3488 (Ch)21 December 2021Jaani Riordan successfully appeared for the claimant (“Nintendo”) in an application for a website blocking injunction under section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or pursuant to the inherent jurisdiction of the Court under section 37(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981. Nintendo develops, manufactures and sells video games for the Nintendo […]
easyGroup Ltd v Beauty Perfectionists Ltd & Ors [2021] EWHC 3385 (Ch)17 December 2021James Abrahams QC represented the defendants in an application to strike out easyGroup Limited’s claim for pan-EU injunctive relief and other remedies outside the UK for infringement of an EU trade mark. easyGroup issued proceedings against the defendants on 5 March 2020, prior to “IP Completion Day” when the UK left the European Union on […]
Illumina Cambridge Ltd v Latvia MGI Tech SIA & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 192417 December 2021Isabel Jamal appeared as junior counsel for the defendants (“MGI”) in part of an appeal of the order of Birss J (as he then was) declaring that four patents owned by the claimants (“Illumina”) were, as amended, valid and infringed by MGI. The patents described and claimed inventions in the field of DNA sequencing, specifically […]
Recent case law addressing claims of confidentiality in FRAND and other disputes15 December 2021Several members of chambers have been involved in cases developing the jurisprudence relating to confidentiality regimes in FRAND disputes[1]. So-called “FRAND” cases concern alleged infringement of patents relating to technology said to be essential to an industry standard (“SEP”).  SEPs are declared to a Standards Setting Organisation (e.g. ETSI for telecommunications), and often the proprietor […]