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Lifestyle Equities v Amazon27 January 2021James Mellor QC and Max Keay appeared for the defendants, Amazon, in this trial of a trade mark dispute.  The dispute was whether Amazon had infringed trade marks for “Beverly Hills Polo Club” by allowing goods branded under those marks to be listed on their US website in a way that made them visible to […]
Optis and Unwired Planet v Apple26 January 2021Isabel Jamal and Jennifer Dixon acted for Optis and Unwired Planet in the hearing of this application by Apple.  The dispute between the parties encompasses multiple trials concerning standards essential patents and FRAND licence terms.  Apple applied to vary a case management order, made in July 2020, which scheduled a sixth trial in the dispute […]
Illumina Cambridge Ltd v MGI20 January 2021Isabel Jamal appeared as part of a multi-counsel team for the Defendants in this patent validity and infringement trial concerning DNA sequencing technology.  Five Illumina patents were in issue. Three of the patents, all concerning modified nucleotides, were considered together.  In light of challenges on the basis of obviousness, priority, insufficiency and added matter, amendments […]
Hanger Holdings Ltd v Perlake Corporation SA19 January 2021Jonathan Hill acted for the successful claimant in proceedings seeking to recover the valuable domain name blackjack.com from the defendant Simon Croft.  In finding for the claimant the English High Court for the first time held that a domain name was a form of intangible personal property, following the approach taken by the Ontario Court […]
Coloplast A/S v Salts Healthcare Ltd18 January 2021Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC and Max Keay appeared for the claimant, Coloplast, in this patent infringement and validity trial.  The subject matter of the one patent in issue was ostomy bags, and specifically a woven textile comfort layer to provide a bag with increased resistance against tearing and pulling forces. The Defendant, Salts, had launched a […]