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Promptu Systems v Sky19 July 2021Lindsay Lane QC and Maxwell Keay acted for the defendants, Sky, in this patent action.  The subject matter of the patent in issue was a system and method of voice recognition in the context of cable television and/or video delivery.  The Claimant, Promptu Systems, alleged infringement in relation to Sky’s “Sky Q” subscription television service. […]
Insulet Corporation v Roche Diabetes Care Ltd9 July 2021Jaani Riordan (led by Andrew Waugh QC) acted for the claimant, Insulet, and Michael Tappin QC and James Whyte acted for the defendant, Roche, in this patent trial.  Insulet’s patent was for a device and system for patient infusion, which relates (among other things) to ambulatory insulin pumps for use by sufferers of diabetes. The […]
Add2 Research and Development v dSPACE Digital Signal Processing & Control Engineering17 June 2021Maxwell Keay acted for the Defendants, dSPACE, in this patent action.  The Claimant, Add2, alleged infringement of a patent for a signal interface circuit for use particularly within simulation systems for automotive engine testing. dSPACE denied infringement and contended that the patent was invalid. Add2 applied unconditionally to amend the patent. dSPACE raised points under […]
Facebook Ireland Ltd v Voxer IP LLC26 May 2021Jaani Riordan acted for Facebook in this telecommunications patent trial heard in the Shorter Trials Scheme, which raised issues including the doctrine of equivalents, claim construction, and the Formstein defence. Facebook commenced revocation proceedings in the STS concerning a patent entitled “Telecommunication and multimedia management method and apparatus”, relying on two pieces of prior art. […]
HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers12 May 2021The eighth judgment has been handed down in this case, for which the counsel teams included Jessie Bowhill for the Duchess of Sussex and Isabel Jamal for Associated Newspapers. The underlying action concerns the publication by Associated Newspapers in the Mail on Sunday and in MailOnline of extracts of a handwritten letter sent by The […]