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DISH Technologies v Aylo [2024] EWHC 1310 (Pat)27 March 2024Tom Moody-Stuart KC appeared for the claimants (“DISH”) and Isabel Jamal appeared as junior counsel for the defendants (“Aylo”) in Aylo’s application for expedition of a trial, alternatively to list the trial in the earliest possible window according to the Patents Court Practice Direction. The proceedings related to two of DISH’s patents for adaptive bit-rate […]
Lenovo v InterDigital [2024] EWHC 596 (Ch)21 March 2024Mark Chacksfield KC appeared for the defendants (“InterDigital”) in two applications, heard together, arising from ongoing FRAND litigation with the claimants (“Lenovo”). Lenovo sought a declaration that its proposed terms of an interim licence of various of InterDigital’s 3G -5G standard-essential patents were FRAND (the “Interim Licence Declaration”). InterDigital applied for a stay of proceedings. […]
Craig Wright v COPA/BTC Core14 March 2024Beth Collett acted for the developers in the identity issue trial of Craig Wright v COPA/BTC Core, led by Alex Gunning KC of One Essex Court.  After six weeks in court, the Judge gave an immediate ex tempore ruling based on the overwhelming evidence that Dr Wright is not the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, nor did […]
Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 234 (IPEC)9 February 2024Iona Berkeley appeared for the Claimant (“Wise”), and four potential additional parties, three of which were resisting an application to join them to a passing off counterclaim brought by the Defendants (“the Application”). The Application was heard by Pat Treacy, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in IPEC. The original claim brought by the […]
Thatchers Cider v Aldi [2024] EWHC 88 (IPEC)24 January 2024In 2020, Thatchers Cider Company launched a new product, Cloudy Lemon Cider, and applied its registered trade mark No. 3489711 to the cans and to the 4-can cardboard cartons:         The Cloudy Lemon product was successful, and in May 2022 Aldi launched their own cloudy lemon cider product under their Taurus house […]