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Jaani Riordan speaks at iCLIC conference18 September 2015Jaani Riordan will be speaking at the iCLIC conference at the Universty of Southampton on Friday 18th September. His talk will cover the ” Impact of the decision by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Delfi v Estonia upon the minimum standards for safe harbour propection of information society provides […]
Martin Howe and James Mellor have been appointed as Appointed Persons for designs and trade marks.17 September 2015Martin Howe QC and James Mellor QC have been appointed as “Appointed Persons” for designs and trade marks. Appointed Persons hear appeals from the Intellectual Property Ofice in relation to their decisions on trade mark and design cases. Martin will hear cases relating to designs and James will hear cases relating to trade marks and designs.
Absolute Lofts South West London Ltd v Artisan Home Improvements Ltd [2015] EWHC 2608 (IPEC)14 September 2015Tom Jones recently appeared for the Defendants, Artisan Home Improvements Ltd, in a 1 day IPEC trial on liability and quantum concerning photographic copyright. The claim was about photographs of loft conversions appearing on the Claimant’s website. It was alleged that the Defendants had copied those photographs and used them on their own loft conversions […]
Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Actavis Group PTC EFH [2015] EWHC10 September 2015This case concerned Warner-Lambert’s second medical use patent EP (UK) No. 0934061 with claims in Swiss form. The claims were directed to the use of the compound pregabalin for the treatment of pain. Warner-Lambert marketed pregabalin under the trade mark Lyrica for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Mylan and Actavis challenged the validity of the […]
5th Global Forum on Intellectual Property in Singapore24 August 2015James Mellor and Professor David Llewelyn spoke at the international IP conference. They addressed a forum on trade marks and the internet. The forum coverered new protection mechanisms and new strategies for dealing with trade marks on the internet.