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Jarden Consumer Solutions (Europe) Ltd v. SEB SA [2014] EWCA Civ 162917 December 2014Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC acted for Jarden Consumer Solutions in the appeal in this patent dispute with SEB. SEB (the makers of the Tefal Actifry) complained that Jarden’s Halo fryer infringed its patent rights and sought an injunction and damages. Before Arnold J claims 1-9 of SEB’s patent were found to be invalid but the judge […]
DKH Retail Ltd v H Young Operations Ltd [2014] EWHC 4034 (IPEC)8 December 2014Two day trial in October 2014, Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. Iona Berkeley was counsel for the Claimant. The subject matter of the case was UK Unregistered Design rights and Community Unregistered Design rights concerning fashion garments, specifically a gilet. The Claimant, DKH Retail, which trades as the brand Superdry, alleged UK and Community Design right […]
Max Mara Fashion Group Srl v OHIM3 December 2014Martin Howe QC appeared at the hearing and John Baldwin QC prepared the written submissions in this trade mark appeal to the EU General Court. The client (Mackays Stores Ltd) applied to register the mark “M & Co” but were opposed by Max Mara on the basis of likelihood of confusion with their own Italian […]
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc [2014] EWHC 39161 December 2014Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC, Tom Moody-Stuart and William Duncan all acted for Gilead (together with Justin Turner QC) in these patent infringement proceedings brought by Idenix in respect of Gilead’s product “Sovaldi” . The trial was heard over three weeks before Arnold J who dismissed Idenix’s claims of patent infringement and held in favour of Gilead. […]
Vringo Infrastructure Inc v ZTE (UK) Ltd [2014] EWHC 3924 (Pat)28 November 2014Daniel Alexander QC and Isabel Jamal represented ZTE (UK) Limited, the Defendant, in this patent action brought by Vringo Infrastructure Incorporated. The patent provided a method for relocation of protocol termination points in a mobile communication system which was declared essential to the 3GPP standards for UMTS. Birss J held that the patent as proposed […]