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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 v Convatec Technologies Inc [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 […]
Eugen Seitz AG v. KHS Corpoplast GMBH & Norgren AG [2014] EWHC 14 (Ch)15 January 2014Andrew Lykiardopoulos acted for the patentees (KHS Corpoplast and Norgren) defending this action for patent revocation and a declaration of non-infringement brought by Seitz. The patent concerned plastic pistons for blow moulding machines used in the bottling industry. Following a 7 day trial and a subsequent attempt by Seitz to re-open the trial, Mr Justice […]
Starsight Telecast Inc (Rovi) v Virgin Media Ltd [2014] EWHC 8 (pat)9 January 2014Members of Chambers recently appeared for both sides in a partial summary judgment application in the on-going series of litigation between Rovi and Virgin Media. James Abrahams appeared for Rovi defending the application made by Virgin, who were represented by James Whyte. In October 2012 the EPO Opposition Division held the claims of one of […]
HTC Corp v Nokia Corp [2013] EWHC 324712 December 2013Michael Tappin QC  recently appeared with Nicholas Saunders and Miles Copeland for Nokia, the successful patentee in a revocation and infringement action. Nokia’s patent was for a modulator structure using a Gilbert cell in mobile telecommunications. HTC claimed that the patent was invalid for reasons of lack of novelty and for obviousness over two prior […]
Actavis Group v Sanofi (C-443/12)12 December 2013Four members of chambers recently appeared in a hearing at the CJEU in the much anticipated preliminary reference hearing regarding the availability of Supplementary Protection Certificates (“SPC”). Richard Meade QCand Isabel Jamal appeared for Actavis. Daniel Alexander QC represented Sanofi and Charlotte May was instructed by the United Kingdom Government as an interested party. Sanofi’s […]
Hospira UK Ltd v Novartis AG [2013] EWCA Civ 166311 December 2013Michael Tappin QC  recently appeared with Tom Mitcheson for Hospira and Generics, the successful respondents to an appeal brought by Novartis against the invalidation of one of its patents. Novartis’ patent related to the use of a particular member of the bisphosphonate class of drugs, zoledronate. Claim 7 claimed the use of zoledronate for the […]
Microsoft Corp v Motorola Mobility LLC [2013] EWCA Civ 161311 December 2013Richard Meade QCand James Abrahams recently appeared for Microsoft, the successful respondents to an appeal brought by Motorola, represented by Daniel Alexander QC and Tim Powell. Motorola’s appeal was from the judgment of Arnold J [2012] EWHC 3677 (pat) revoking its European patent relating to the status synchronisation of multiple mobile devices, and dismissing its […]
IPC Media Ltd v Media 10 [2013]EWHC 3796 (IPEC)6 December 2013James Mellor QC and Jessie Bowhill recently acted for the successful defendant in IPC Media Ltd v Media 10. The claimant was the owner of the well known IDEAL HOME magazine and the defendant ran the IDEAL HOME SHOW. The parties (or their predecessors) had co-existed in the market for almost 100 years. The claimant […]