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Rovi Solutions Corporation & Anor v Virgin Media Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 2301 (Pat)14 July 2014James Abrahams and Isabel Jamal recently appeared for the Claimants, Rovi Solutions Corporation and United Video Properties Inc., against James Mellor QC and Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC acting for the Defendants, Virgin Media Limited and others. The proceedings related to a European Patent, owned by the Claimant, for live and non-live Video on Demand services. Mr […]
PRCA v. Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd Case C-360/135 June 2014Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC recently acted for the PRCA in the Supreme Court and reference to the Court of Justice. The case raised the important question of whether copies made on a user’s computer (on screen or in the internet cache) when browsing websites could constitute an infringement of copyright. The Court held that they cannot. […]
Shanks v Unilever [2014] EWHC 1647 (Pat)23 May 2014In Shanks v Unilever [2014] EWHC 1647 (Pat) , Arnold J has dismissed Prof Shanks’ appeal against the IPO’s rejection of his long-running multi-million pound claim for inventor’s compensation against his former employer, Unilever, in respect of patents which he claimed to be of ‘outstanding benefit’ to Unilever. The patents were in for the so-called electrochemical capillary […]
Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar RT [2014] EWHC 1666 (Pat)22 May 2014Lindsay Lane  recently appeared as part of Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar RT’s legal team defending an invalidity and revocation claim brought by Generics UK Limited. The patent concerned a dosage regimen for use of levonorgestrel as a method of emergency contraception. The claim was brought on the grounds of obviousness and insufficiency. Sales J found […]
Swarovski-Optik KG v Leica Camera AG and Leica Camera Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 63715 May 2014Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC recently appeared in the Court of Appeal for Swarovski, responding to an appeal brought by Leica from the Judgment of Vos J [2013] EWHC 1227 (Pat). The first instance trial concerned a patent owned by Swarovski for the use of an additional strong negative lens in riflescopes to enable a wide field […]