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Tsit Wing v TWG Tea12 January 2016Mark Platts-Mills QC instructed by Deacons and John Baldwin QC instructed by Clifford Chance recently appeared in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal on appeal from the court of First Instance in Tsit Wing (Hong Kong) Co Ltd & Ors. v TWG Tea Co PTE Ltd and Anor. [2013] HKCFI 1179; HCA2210/2011, Mark Platts-Mills […]
Unwired Planet v Huawei and Samsung [2015] EWHC 3366 (Pat)23 November 2015Members of chambers recently appeared in the first of four technical trials concerning alleged infringement of patents held by Unwired Planet said to be essential to various mobile telecommunications standards. A further trial concerning FRAND and competition issues is scheduled to take place following conclusion of the technical trials. Adrian Speck QC, Mark Chacksfield and […]
(1) Gareth Kevin Glass (2) Adrian Charles Roberts (3) Nigel Davison v Freyssinet Limited [2015] EWHC 2972 (IPEC)3 November 2015Lindsay Lane was instructed by Dehns on behalf of the Defendant, Freyssinet, in this claim for patent infringement and counterclaim for revocation in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. The Claimants were joint proprietors of a patent which claimed a system for protecting steel rebars in reinforced concrete. The Claimants alleged that various acts of the […]
Flynn Pharma Limited v DrugsRUs Limited and Tenolol Limited [2015] EWHC 2759 (Ch)6 October 2015Martin Howe QC and Henry Ward, instructed by RR Sanghvi & Co., appeared on behalf of the Defendants in this UK and community trade mark infringement claim arising out of parallel importation of pharmaceutical products Epanutin/Phenytoin Sodium Flynn. For many years Pfizer had sold its phenytoin sodium product under the name Epanutin in the UK […]
Fontem Holdings v Ten Motives Limited [2015] EWHC 2752 (Pat)2 October 2015Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC, instructed by Simmons & Simmons LLP, appeared for the Fontem parties. James Abrahams was instructed by Powell Gilbert LLP and appeared for Nicocigs Limited. The proceedings concern allegations of infringement and invalidity of Fontem’s patent for electronic cigarettes. The trial is due to be heard in May 2016. One of the defendants, […]
NOCN (Formerly National Open College Network) v Open College Network Credit4Learning [2015] EWHC 2667 (IPEC) (25 September 2015)25 September 2015This was an IPEC trial for trade mark infringement and passing off relating to the use of the Defendant of signs incorporating the name “OCN”. Jessie Bowhill was instructed by Virtuoso Legal for the Claimant. James St Ville was instructed by Geoffrey Leaver Solicitors LLP for the Defendant.
T & A Textiles Hosiery Limited v Hala Textile UK Limited [2015] EWHC 2888 IPEC24 September 2015Ashton Chantrielle appeared for the Defendants, Hala Textile. T&A Textiles alleged infringement of artistic copyright in the drawings of eleven floral bed linen designs and infringement of a UK registered design in respect of packaging. Hala Textile counterclaimed that the registered design was invalid and brought an action for groundless threats of proceedings for design […]
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 v Actavis [2015] EWHC 2548 (Pat)10 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 […]
Wobben v Siemens [2015] EWHC 2114 (Pat)20 July 2015Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC and James Abrahams appeared for the Claimant (“Wobben”) in this infringement and validity trial relating to Wobben’s patent concerning the operation of variable speed, variable pitch (“VSVP”) wind turbines at high wind speeds. James Whyte appeared as junior counsel for the Defendants (collectively “Siemens”) who denied infringement and claimed the patent was […]