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Sanofi-Aventis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd v Fresenius Kabi (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd5 July 2011In this case in the High Court of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, Martin Howe QC appeared as an expert witness for the plaintiffs and George Hamer as expert witness for the defendants on patent law and in particular on the law relevant to purposive construction of patent claims.
Cephalon v Orchid & Mylan24 June 2011Michael Tappin QC and Adrian Speck acted for the defendants in successfully resisting an application by the claimant patentees for an interim injunction to prevent launch of a generic modafinil product.  In recent years, patentees in pharmaceutical cases have generally succeeded in obtaining interim injunctions to prevent generic launch, but Michael and Adrian persuaded Mr […]
Schutz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 303 and [2011] EWCA Civ 92722 June 2011Patent infringement case relating to the issue of making/repair of intermediate bulk containers and payment of costs and damages during a period of non-registration of an exclusive licence. Currently on appeal to the Supreme Court.
Beechwood House Publishing (t/a Binleys) v Guardian Products [2011] EWPCC 2220 June 2011Jonathan Hill acted for the successful claimant in the trial of a database right infringement claim brought by a supplier of healthcare data against a competitor which had obtained and used data taken from the claimant’s database. The case involved the first application by the English courts of the European Court of Justice’s guidance in […]
National Licensing Agency v Meltwater & the PRCA16 June 2011Andrew Lykiardopoulos acted in this appeal concerning copyright protection in newspaper headlines and in extracts appearing in news search engine results.