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Force India Formula One Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team Sdn Bhd [2012] 616 (Ch)14 February 2012
FAPL v QC Leisure [2012] EWHC 108 (Ch)3 February 2012James Mellor QC and Charlotte May acted for the claimant (FAPL) and Martin Howe QC for the defendants in this hearing at which Kitchin LJ (sitting at first instance) gave final judgment in the action following the answers given by the ECJ in its judgment (Joined Cases C-403/08 & C-429/08) in response to the questions […]
MMI Research Ltd v Cellixon Ltd & 5 Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 724 January 2012Martin Howe QC andHenry Ward represented MMI Research Limited, the respondents of an appeal in relation to the validity of a patent for ‘IMSI catchers’ which are devices used by the police to ascertain the mobile phones numbers of suspected criminals etc. The main issue was whether or not it was obvious to provide a […]
Force India v F1 Malaysia (Lotus) & Aerolab18 January 2012On-going claim alleging copying of designs for Formula One car, design right infringement, misuse of confidential information, breach of contract. James Mellor QC leading Lindsay Lane in the forthcoming trial.
Michael Mitchell v British Broadcasting Corp [2011] EWPCC 4221 December 2011Copyright infringement trial in the Patents County Court relating to the designs for a group of characters appearing in the animated tv programme for children “Kerwhizz”. The Claimant alleged that the BBC had copied, consciously or subconsciously, designs that had been sent to the BBC in 2008. The BBC denied copying and claimed that the […]