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Alfrank Designs Ltd v Exclusive (UK) Ltd & Anor [2015] EWHC 1372 (IPEC)18 May 2015Isabel Jamal represented the First Defendant (‘Exclusive’) as sole counsel in this inquiry as to damages held in the IPEC. It concerned EU and UK unregistered designs in marble tables. The Claimant claimed that, for each sale of an infringing marble table by Exclusive to a retailer, the Claimant would have made a sale of […]
Novartis AG & Ors v Focus Pharmaceuticals Ltd & Ors [2015] EWHC 1068 (Pat) (27 April 2015)27 April 2015This was the trial of a patent infringement claim, brought by Novartis, over a patent directed at the drug rivastigmine for use in a method of treating alzheimer’s disease through administration via a transdermal therapeutic system, in particular a transdermal patch. Daniel Alexander QC appeared for the Defendants “Focus”, “Actavis” and “Teva”, along with Henry […]
(1) Roger Maier (2) Assos of Switzerland SA -and- (1) ASOS plc (2) ASOS.com Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 2201 April 2015Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Assos v ASOS [2015] EWCA Civ 220. Judgment available here
Everseal Stationery Products Ltd -and- Document Management Solutions1 April 2015His Honour Judge Hacon has handed down judgment in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in the patent case Everseal Stationery Products v Document Management Solutions.  The case concerned a patent for self-seal mailers that had previously been considered by His Honour Judge Birss QC in two previous judgments, dealing with ownership of the patent and […]
ITV v TVCatchup [2015] EWCA Civ 20426 March 2015In a further instalment in the TV Catchup litigation, the Court of Appeal has ordered a second preliminary reference to the European Court, this time on the question of whether the “in area retransmission” defence in section 73 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 is consistent with Article 9 of the Copyright in […]