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Teva UK Ltd & Anor v Leo Pharma A/s [2014] EWHC 3096 (Pat)6 October 2014Teva UK Ltd and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (‘TEVA’) instructed Daniel Alexander QC and Mark Chacksfield as part of their legal team in this patent dispute relating to combined dose psoriasis ointments. TEVA contended that two patents owned by Leo Pharma (‘LEO’), the Defendant, were invalid for obviousness, insufficiency and added matter. LEO alleged that […]
Vestergaard Frandsen A/S (now Called MVF 3Aps) v Bestnet Europe Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 3159 (Ch)3 October 2014Mark Platts-Mills QC, Tom Moody-Stuart and James Whyte appeared for Vestergaard Frandsen A/S and Others against George Hamer acting as part of the legal team for the Defendants, Bestnet Europe Ltd and Others. The action was for misuse of confidential information relating to the manufacture of insecticidal mosquito bed nets. A trial on liability had […]
Coward v Phaestos Ltd & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 12562 October 2014James Abrahams acted for the defendants, the IKOS group of companies, in this appeal relating to costs in computer copyright litigation. The total costs were of the order of £20 million. The central issue was a ‘Calderbank’ offer to settle, made at an earlier stage by the claimant, Mr Coward. At first instance, Mrs Justice […]
Cranford Community College v Cranford College Ltd [2014] EWHC 2999 (IPEC)19 September 2014Jonathan Hill successfully defended Cranford College Limited (“CCL”) in a passing off action alleged by Cranford Community College (“CCC”). CCC also sought a declaration of invalidity of CCL’s two UK trade marks and alleged that CCL’s use of names, domain names and trade marks were instruments of deception. Judge Hacon, in the IPEC, held that […]
The Polo/Lauren Company v OHIM T-265/1318 September 2014Jonathan Hill recently acted for the Polo/Lauren Company, LP, the owner of the well known Ralph Lauren “Polo” brand, the applicant in proceedings before the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union challenging OHIM’s rejection of its opposition to the registration of a logo featuring a player of bicycle polo wielding […]