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Supponor v AIM Sport Development [2024] EWCA Civ 39623 April 2024Daniel Alexander KC appeared for the successful respondents (“AIM”) in an appeal arising from a patent trial in January 2023. At trial, Meade J found a patent owned by AIM (“the Patent”) valid and infringed by a system used by the appellant (“Supponor”). The Patent claimed a method for digitally overlaying images onto TV broadcasts, […]
Advanced Cell Diagnostics v Molecular Instruments [2024] EWHC 898 (Pat)23 April 2024Tom Moody-Stuart KC represented the claimants (“ACD”) in patent validity and infringement proceedings brought against the defendants (“MI”). ACD’s patents in suit (“EP572” and “EP439”) claimed a method and a kit, respectively, for performing Fluorescent in situ hybridization (“FISH”) of nucleic acids. FISH is a form of hybridization assay using ‘target probes’ – short strands […]
Sandoz AG v Bayer IP [2024] EWHC 796 (Pat)12 April 2024Adrian Speck KC, Henry Ward and Michael Conway successfully represented the Claimants, a group of generic pharmaceutical companies, in a patent invalidity action against the Defendant (“Bayer”). The patent in suit (“EP 961”) claimed a once-daily dosing regimen for rivaroxaban, for the treatment of thromboembolic disorders. HHJ Hacon, sitting as a High Court Judge, found […]
United Sikhs v Board of Trustees of United Sikhs10 April 2024Beth Collett successfully represented the charity United Sikhs in the appeal against their successful opposition to the United Sikhs USA headquarters’ application for a UK trade mark. Iain Purvis KC, sitting as the Appointed Person, upheld the Hearing Officer’s decision on section 5(4)(a) and confirmed that the application should be refused on that basis. Simon […]
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 […]