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Supponor v AIM Sport Development [2024] EWCA Civ 39623 April 2024Daniel Alexander KC appeared for the successful respondents (“AIM”) in an appeal arising from a patent trial in January 2023. At trial, Meade J found a patent owned by AIM (“the Patent”) valid and infringed by a system used by the appellant (“Supponor”). The Patent claimed a method for digitally overlaying images onto TV broadcasts, […]
Advanced Cell Diagnostics v Molecular Instruments [2024] EWHC 898 (Pat)23 April 2024Tom Moody-Stuart KC represented the claimants (“ACD”) in patent validity and infringement proceedings brought against the defendants (“MI”). ACD’s patents in suit (“EP572” and “EP439”) claimed a method and a kit, respectively, for performing Fluorescent in situ hybridization (“FISH”) of nucleic acids. FISH is a form of hybridization assay using ‘target probes’ – short strands […]
Sandoz AG v Bayer IP [2024] EWHC 796 (Pat)12 April 2024Adrian Speck KC, Henry Ward and Michael Conway successfully represented the Claimants, a group of generic pharmaceutical companies, in a patent invalidity action against the Defendant (“Bayer”). The patent in suit (“EP 961”) claimed a once-daily dosing regimen for rivaroxaban, for the treatment of thromboembolic disorders. HHJ Hacon, sitting as a High Court Judge, found […]
United Sikhs v Board of Trustees of United Sikhs10 April 2024Beth Collett successfully represented the charity United Sikhs in the appeal against their successful opposition to the United Sikhs USA headquarters’ application for a UK trade mark. Iain Purvis KC, sitting as the Appointed Person, upheld the Hearing Officer’s decision on section 5(4)(a) and confirmed that the application should be refused on that basis. Simon […]
DISH Technologies v Aylo [2024] EWHC 1310 (Pat)27 March 2024Tom Moody-Stuart KC appeared for the claimants (“DISH”) and Isabel Jamal appeared as junior counsel for the defendants (“Aylo”) in Aylo’s application for expedition of a trial, alternatively to list the trial in the earliest possible window according to the Patents Court Practice Direction. The proceedings related to two of DISH’s patents for adaptive bit-rate […]
Lenovo v InterDigital [2024] EWHC 596 (Ch)21 March 2024Mark Chacksfield KC appeared for the defendants (“InterDigital”) in two applications, heard together, arising from ongoing FRAND litigation with the claimants (“Lenovo”). Lenovo sought a declaration that its proposed terms of an interim licence of various of InterDigital’s 3G -5G standard-essential patents were FRAND (the “Interim Licence Declaration”). InterDigital applied for a stay of proceedings. […]
Craig Wright v COPA/BTC Core14 March 2024Beth Collett acted for the developers in the identity issue trial of Craig Wright v COPA/BTC Core, led by Alex Gunning KC of One Essex Court.  After six weeks in court, the Judge gave an immediate ex tempore ruling based on the overwhelming evidence that Dr Wright is not the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, nor did […]
Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 234 (IPEC)9 February 2024Iona Berkeley appeared for the Claimant (“Wise”), and four potential additional parties, three of which were resisting an application to join them to a passing off counterclaim brought by the Defendants (“the Application”). The Application was heard by Pat Treacy, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in IPEC. The original claim brought by the […]
Thatchers Cider v Aldi [2024] EWHC 88 (IPEC)24 January 2024In 2020, Thatchers Cider Company launched a new product, Cloudy Lemon Cider, and applied its registered trade mark No. 3489711 to the cans and to the 4-can cardboard cartons:         The Cloudy Lemon product was successful, and in May 2022 Aldi launched their own cloudy lemon cider product under their Taurus house […]
Safestand v Weston Homes [2023] EWHC 3250 (Pat)19 December 2023Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Henry Edwards represented the Claimant (“Safestand”) in proceedings brought against the Defendants (“Weston”) for infringement of three of Safestand’s patents, and three of its registered designs (“RRDs”). Weston counterclaimed for invalidity of (i) two of the patents (“EP 738” and “UK 822”), for obviousness; and (ii) all three RRDs, based on […]