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Swatch AG v Apple Inc29 March 2021Charlotte May QC and Jaani Riordan represented Apple in an appeal by Swatch concerning its trade mark applications for the signs “Swatch One More Thing” and “One More Thing”. Apple had shown that the phrase “One more thing” had become associated with Apple by virtue of the use of the phrase, primarily by Steve Jobs, […]
TuneIn Inc v Warner Music UK Ltd and Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd26 March 2021Jaani Riordan acted as junior counsel for TuneIn in an appeal raising significant issues of copyright law, in particular as to the scope of the right of communication to the public under section 20 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. TuneIn operates an online platform allowing users to listen to audio streams of […]
Vestel v Access Advance & Philips26 March 2021Mark Chacksfield QC and Henry Edwards acted for the appellant claimants, Vestel, in this appeal against the order of HHJ Hacon setting aside service of the claim form out of the jurisdiction and declaring that the court had no jurisdiction to hear the claim. The subject matter of the action concerned the High Efficiency Video […]
Kwikbolt Ltd v Airbus Operations Ltd25 March 2021Henry Ward appeared for the successful Defendant, Airbus, in this patent infringement and invalidity action. Kwikbolt alleged that the use by Airbus of a product called the Centrix Free Spin Fastener in the assembly of aircraft wings at Broughton in North Wales infringed Kwikbolt’s patent for a “removeable blind fastener”.  Airbus counterclaimed alleging that the […]
Lifestyle Equities v Amazon23 March 2021Daniel Alexander QC and Max Keay appeared for the defendants, Amazon, in the hearing of consequential matters arising out of the trial judgment in this trade mark dispute.  With the exception of admitted historical infringements, the claimants’ claims for trade mark infringement were dismissed.  In particular, it had been held that Amazon had not used […]