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D. Jacobsen & Sons v Crocs Inc [2014] EWHC 987 (Ch)30 January 2014This was an interesting application by the defendant pursuant to Art 91 of the Community Designs Regulation for a stay of the proceedings pending an ongoing invalidity action in OHIM. The claim was one in threats relating to letters written in 2005, which had been subject to a previous voluntary stay pending different, earlier OHIM […]
AstraZeneca AB & Anor v KRKA, DD Novo Mesto & Anor [2014] EWHC 84 (Pat)24 January 2014Members of Chambers recently appeared for both sides in one of the few damages inquiries on a cross-undertaking in patent litigation to have been taken through to judgment. Daniel Alexander QC appeared for AstraZeneca (“AZ”) and Andrew Lykiardopoulos (led by Bernard Livesey QC) appeared for KRKA d.d. Novo Mesto and Consilient Health Limited. AZ had […]
Nintendo Co Ltd v PC Box SRL Case C-355/1223 January 2014Martin Howe QC appeared for Nintendo at the European Court on this reference from the Court of Milan (Intellectual Property Division). Lindsay Lane was Junior in the case. This was an action brought by Nintendo the well known video games company against a supplier of devices which allowed users of Nintendo consoles to by-pass the […]
Smith & Nephew PLC (Claimant) v Convatec Technologies Inc (Defendant) & (1) T.J. Smith & Nephew Limited & (2) Smith & Nephew Medical Limited (Third Parties) [2013] EWHC 3955 (Pat)17 January 2014James Mellor QC and Charlotte May recently appeared for the Claimant and Third Parties (together ‘Smith & Nephew’) in patent proceedings regarding a European patent owned by Convatec. Convatec’s patent concerns a method of silverisation of gel-forming fibres used in wound dressings, using a sodium chloride reagent present at a concentration between 1% and 25% […]
Manitowoc Beverage Systems Limited and Malachy Scott Sr et al BL O/019/1415 January 2014Ashton Chantrielle recently appeared for the patentee in a patent revocation action at the Intellectual Property Office. The patent related to a system for cooling and dispensing beverage in which the beverage was cooled en route to the dispensing font. The font was also cooled to create a decorative ice effect. The claimant applied to […]