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Burgerista Operations v UK Prosper Limited [2018] EWHC 35 (IPEC)12 January 2018Tom Jones appeared for the Claimant and Ashton Chantrielle appeared for the Defendants in this case relating to the validity and infringement of the European trade mark ‘BURGERISTA’.
The London Taxi Corporation v Frazer-Nash Research and Ecotive [2016] EWHC 52 (Ch)22 December 2017Mark Platts-Mills QC and Maxwell Keay appeared for the Respondents, Frazer-Nash Research Limited and Ecotive Limited, in this appeal by the Appellant, the London Taxi Corporation, against the Judgment of Arnold J, [2016] EWHC 52 (Ch). This case concerned the Appellant’s trade marks for the shape of London taxis. The Appellant alleged that the Respondents’ […]
Glaxo Wellcome UK Limited (t/a Allen & Hanburys) & anor v Sandoz Limited & ors [2017] EWHC 3196 (Ch)15 December 2017Glaxo Martin Howe QC and Iona Berkeley appeared for the Defendants, Sandoz, in the Claimants’ application for permission to adduce survey evidence, in passing off proceedings relating to the colour and get-up of the Claimants’ Seretide combination inhaler. This inhaler was made up of two purple colours, which the Claimants argued denoted trade origin. The […]
Teva v AstraZeneca – Rosuvastatin [2017] EWCA Civ 213514 December 2017Daniel Alexander QC was instructed on the appeal from the judgment of Leggett J, with Alan Maclean QC of Blackstone Chambers for the Appellant (“Teva”) in a case concerning the construction of a settlement agreement relating to the launch of generic rosuvastatin. The Settlement Agreement provided that Teva agreed not to sell its generic rosuvastatin until […]
Thelma Madine v Leanne Phillips & Ors [2017] EWHC 3268 (IPEC)13 December 2017Ashton Chantrielle appeared for the Defendants in this action relating to UK unregistered design rights in wedding dresses. The Claimant, Thelma Madine, is a dressmaker and is best known for extravagant wedding dresses created for the traveller community, as seen on Channel 4’s My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Ms Madine claimed that the First Defendant, Leanne […]