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Shanks v Unilever [2014] EWHC 1647 (Pat)23 May 2014In Shanks v Unilever [2014] EWHC 1647 (Pat) , Arnold J has dismissed Prof Shanks’ appeal against the IPO’s rejection of his long-running multi-million pound claim for inventor’s compensation against his former employer, Unilever, in respect of patents which he claimed to be of ‘outstanding benefit’ to Unilever. The patents were in for the so-called electrochemical capillary […]
Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar RT [2014] EWHC 1666 (Pat)22 May 2014Lindsay Lane  recently appeared as part of Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar RT’s legal team defending an invalidity and revocation claim brought by Generics UK Limited. The patent concerned a dosage regimen for use of levonorgestrel as a method of emergency contraception. The claim was brought on the grounds of obviousness and insufficiency. Sales J found […]
Actavis UK Limited and others v Eli Lilly & Company [2014] EWHC 1511 (Pat)15 May 2014Richard Meade QC and Isabel Jamal, together with Thomas Raphael, represented Actavis in its landmark win against Eli Lilly. Judgment was handed down on 15 May 2014 in the long-running patent dispute between Actavis and Eli Lilly regarding Lilly’s patent relating to the use of the anti-cancer drug pemetrexed disodium with vitamin B12 and (optionally) […]
Rovi Solutions Corporation & Anor v Virgin Media Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 1559 (Pat)15 May 2014Members of Chambers recently appeared for both sides in one of the listed patent actions between Rovi and Virgin Media. Richard Meade QC and Henry Ward appeared for Rovi. James Mellor QC and Andrew Lykiardopoulos appeared for Virgin Media. The dispute concerned interactive television services (in particular the Virgin Media “Red Button” service). Rovi claimed […]
Swarovski-Optik KG v Leica Camera AG and Leica Camera Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 63715 May 2014Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC recently appeared in the Court of Appeal for Swarovski, responding to an appeal brought by Leica from the Judgment of Vos J [2013] EWHC 1227 (Pat). The first instance trial concerned a patent owned by Swarovski for the use of an additional strong negative lens in riflescopes to enable a wide field […]