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Force India v F1 Malaysia (Lotus) & Aerolab18 January 2012On-going claim alleging copying of designs for Formula One car, design right infringement, misuse of confidential information, breach of contract. James Mellor QC leading Lindsay Lane in the forthcoming trial.
Michael Mitchell v British Broadcasting Corp [2011] EWPCC 4221 December 2011Copyright infringement trial in the Patents County Court relating to the designs for a group of characters appearing in the animated tv programme for children “Kerwhizz”. The Claimant alleged that the BBC had copied, consciously or subconsciously, designs that had been sent to the BBC in 2008. The BBC denied copying and claimed that the […]
Sandvik IP AB v. Kennametal UK Ltd & Kennametal Europe GmbH [2011] EWHC 331115 December 2011Richard Meade QCand Andrew Lykiardopoulos acted for Kennametal in its successful defence of patent infringement proceedings brought by the Sandvik. The dispute concerned alumina coatings for cutting tools and corresponding litigation is ongoing in the USA and Germany. Arnold J held that the patent was invalid for insufficiency and that the claims alleged to be […]
ITV v TVCatchup [2011] EWHC 2977 (Pat)14 November 2011James Mellor QC and Jessie Bowhill appeared for the claimants and Martin Howe QC for the defendant on this further hearing following the previous judgment given at the conclusion of the trial ([2011] EWHC 1874 (Pat); [2011] FSR 40). Floyd J had deferred giving judgment on certain issues to await the judgment of the ECJ […]
Eli Lilly & Co v Human Genome Sciences Inc [2011] UKSC 512 November 2011Michael Tappin QC acted for Human Genome Sciences before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in its litigation against Eli Lilly concerning HGS’ patent relating to Neutrokine-α (and antibodies thereto). Kitchin J had held the patent invalid for lack of industrial applicability. The Court of Appeal ([2010] EWCA Civ 33) upheld the judgment […]