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Football Dataco Ltd v Sportradar GmbH Case C-173/1121 June 2012Sui generis database rate. Reference to the CJEU concerning where an internet transmission of infringing data occurs.
Sudarshan v Clariant [2012] EWHC 1569 (Ch)13 June 2012 Martin Howe QC and Henry Ward appeared for the claimant in this action for invalidation of a patent or declaration of non-infringement, and threats. The patent was for what was said to be a new crystal modification (polymorph) of a pigment which had been discovered and previously patented by Clariant. John Baldwin QC (sitting as […]
SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd Case C-406/102 May 2012Martin Howe QC, Robert Onslow and Isabel Jamal acted for the defendant in Case C-406/10 SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd [2012] 3 CMLR 4, where the Grand Chamber gave judgment answering questions about whether copyright in a computer program or in the manuals relating to it can prevent the replication of the functions […]
Football Dataco Ltd v Sportradar GmbH [2012] EWHC 1185 (Ch)30 March 2012Claim to joint liability for infringement of sui generis database right in live football data. Currently on appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Regeneron & Bayer v Genentech [2012] EWHC 65722 March 2012Regeneron and Bayer issued revocation and non-infringement proceedings against Genentech in relation to its patent for the use of VEGF antagonists to treat non-neoplastic diseases characterised by excessive angiogenesis. The patent was alleged to be anticipated or obvious over a paper which disclosed an antagonist to VEGF and which stated that the antagonist may have […]