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Teva UK LTD v Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co KG [2016] EWCA Civ 129616 December 2016Daniel Alexander QC and Mark Chacksfield appeared for the Respondent, Teva, in Boehringer’s application for permission to appeal a decision that its patent for formulating inhaler capsules for the drug tiotroprium bromide was invalid. The patent concerned the use of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) to enable a drier formulation of inhaler capsules than that obtainable […]
Action Storage Systems Ltd v G-Force Europe [2016] EWHC 3151 (IPEC)7 December 2016Jessie Bowhill won a convincing victory for the claimant in a two day IPEC trial relating to unregistered design rights subsisting in the shape and configuration of plastic lockers. The Judgment is notable for the comments of the Judge concerning future conduct of unregistered design right cases and in particular his recommendation that litigants prepare […]
Hospira UK LTD v Genentech INC [2016] EWCA Civ 118530 November 2016Michael Tappin QC and Mark Chacksfield appeared on behalf of the appellant, Genentech, and Richard Meade QC appeared on behalf of Respondent, Hospira, in this appeal against revocation of Genentech’s patent for a method of treating breast cancer. The patent claimed the use of antibodies against the oncogene Erb2 (including the drug known as Herceptin) […]
R (On the Application Of) British American Tobacco UK Limited & Others v The Secretary of State for Health [2016] EWCA Civ 118230 November 2016 Martin Howe QC and Jaani Riordan appeared on behalf of the Secretary of State, and Lindsay Lane appeared on behalf of Imperial Tobacco Limited, one of the appellants in four linked appeals from Green J’s dismissal of claims for judicial review of the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The Regulations require […]
FAPL v Luxton9 November 2016“Martin Howe QC appeared for the appellant (defendant) and Lindsay Lane, led by Helen Davies QC, appeared for the respondent (claimant) in this appeal against the grant of summary judgment for copyright infringement against a publican who had shown Premier League football matches in his pub using a satellite decoder card imported from another EU […]