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Optis v Apple [2022] EWCA Civ 141127 October 2022Isabel Jamal and Jennifer Dixon appeared for the Claimants (“Optis”), in the appeal of the judgment of Meade J in “Trial F” in proceedings against the Defendants (“Apple”). Meade J had decided that the owner of a patent is entitled to an immediate “FRAND injunction” once the court has found the patent to be valid, […]
Pasternak v Prescott [2022] EWHC 2695 (Ch)25 October 2022Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Henry Edwards successfully represented the Defendant Lara Prescott in Pasternak v Prescott, the recent litigation concerning Doctor Zhivago. The Claimant was the journalist Anna Pasternak, the great-niece of Boris Pasternak. Ms Pasternak wrote Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago, published in 2016. Lara is a non-fiction […]
Teva v Novartis [2022] EWHC 2779 (Ch)19 October 2022Justin Turner KC represented Claimants (“Teva”) seeking an Arrow declaration in relation to fingolimod to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis at a particular dosage in order to clear out of the way a patent belonging to the Defendant (“Novartis”). After the proceedings commenced but before trial, Novartis withdrew the UK designation of its European patent. Bacon […]
John Lobb Ltd v John Lobb SAS [2022] EWHC 2306 (Ch)8 September 2022Jaani Riordan (led by Huw Davies KC of Essex Court Chambers) appeared for the Defendant/Appellant (“JLSA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hermès, in its successful appeal seeking summary dismissal of a claim brought by an English company (“JLL”).  JLL had sought to set aside a 2008 agreement between JLL and JLSA on the basis that […]
IBM UK Ltd v LzLabs GmbH & Ors [2022] EWHC 2094 (TCC)5 August 2022Jaani Riordan appeared as junior counsel in an application for an interim antisuit injunction to restrain the Claimant (“IBM UK”) and its US parent company (“IBM Corp”) from continuing parallel proceedings in Texas and joining IBM Corp as a party to the proceedings in England and Wales.  IBM Corp applied to set aside service under […]
Shenzhen Carku Technology Co v The Noco Company [2022] EWHC 2034 (Pat)4 August 2022James Abrahams QC appeared as lead counsel for the Defendant (“NOCO”) in proceedings brought by the Claimant (“Carku”) to revoke NOCO’s patent for lack of novelty and inventive step.  Carku brought a further claim for damages, alleging NOCO had made groundless threats to Amazon through its UK complaints procedure in relation to Carku’s listed products.  […]
Sandoz & Anr v Bristol-Myers Squibb & Ors [2022] EWHC 1831 (Pat)15 July 2022Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC appeared for Sandoz and Justin Turner QC appeared for Teva  in proceedings to invalidate 4 patents owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS”) and Pfizer, both of whom counterclaimed that the generic products which Sandoz and Teva intended to launch on the UK market would infringe. The patents related to a formulation of apixaban […]
Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd & Anr v Teva UK Ltd [2022] EWHC 1641 (Pat)29 June 2022Charlotte May QC and Henry Ward successfully appeared for the defendant (“Teva”) in a second application brought by the claimants (“Neurim”) for interim injunctive relief, the first application (also successfully defended by Charlotte May QC) having been rejected by Mellor J on 14 April 2022.  The underlying claim related to infringement of Neurim’s patent for […]
Alcon Research v Pharmathen [2022] EWCA Civ 84528 June 2022Lindsay Lane KC and William Duncan appeared for the second defendant (“Aspire”) in an appeal of the judgment of Meade J finding that a patent for the use of fluprostenol isopropyl ester (“FIE”), a prostaglandin F2α (“PGF2α”) analogue, also known as travoprost, for the treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension was valid and infringed.  The […]
Shazam v Only Fools The Dining Experience [2022] EWHC 1379 (IPEC)8 June 2022Shazam, the company holding the rights in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses previously owned by its creator, John Sullivan, sued Only Fools The Dining Experience (‘OFDE’) and related companies and individuals for using characters, catchphrases, themes and other material taken from the sitcom in their immersive theatrical dining experience “Only Fools The (cushty) Dining […]