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PQ Systems v Jeff Aughton [2023] EWHC 581 (Pat)22 March 2023Jonathan Hill and Joshua Marshall successfully represented the Claimants (“PQ”) in a copyright infringement and breach of confidential information claim against the First Defendant “Mr Aughton” and a company incorporated by him and his wife. Mr Aughton was a former employee and former director of the First Claimant “PQE” and had worked on statistical process […]
Gilead v Nucana [2023] EWHC 611 (Pat)21 March 2023Michael Tappin KC, Tom Moody-Stuart KC and James Whyte successfully represented the Claimants (“Gilead”) in a claim for the revocation of the UK designation of two European patents (the “Patents”) belonging to the Defendant (“NuCana”). The claims of the Patents, which are of the same family, were product claims defined by a Markush formula that […]
Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat)16 March 2023Judgment in the FRAND trial was handed down by Mr Justice Mellor on the 16th March 2023.
Interdigital v OnePlus [2023] EWCA Civ 16617 February 2023Michael Conway represented the Appellant “OnePlus” in an appeal relating to the terms of a confidentiality regime governing the disclosure of certain licences by the Respondent “InterDigital” in the context of a FRAND dispute. It was common ground that the regime should include an undertaking to be provided by OnePlus employees, limiting their participation in […]
Marriott Worldwide Corporation v Delta Air Lines, Inc. [2023] EWHC 283 (Ch)10 February 2023Iona Berkeley acted as junior counsel for the Respondent “Delta Air Lines” in a High Court Appeal against the decision of a Hearing Officer in the UK IPO Trade Marks Registry in respect of an Application under section 47(2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (“TMA”). Delta Air Lines (the Applicant/Respondent) sought a declaration of […]
Interdigital v Lenovo [2023] EWCA Civ 1059 February 2023Adrian Speck KC and James Abrahams KC appeared for the Appellants “IDC” and the Respondents “Lenovo”, respectively, in an appeal from the Order of Mellor J revoking IDC’s patent following Trial B in the proceedings between the parties. The patent related to the selection of transport blocks for data transmission in HSUPA developed for 3G […]
Ensygnia IP v Shell UK Oil7 February 2023In a patent validity and infringement trial before Charlotte May KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge, Martin Howe KC, leading Geoff Pritchard of 3 New Square, instructed by Dehns, appeared for the claimant patentee and Lindsay Lane KC leading Beth Collett, instructed by Norton Rose Fulbright, for the defendants. The subject matter of […]
Interdigital v Lenovo [2023] EWHC 172 (Pat)31 January 2023James Abrahams KC represented the Defendants “Lenovo” in “Trial C” in proceedings brought by the Claimants “IDC”. The issue for trial was the novelty and obviousness of an IDC patent relating to a new trigger for the sending of scheduling information in HSUPA over a 3GPP technical specification and a prior patent. Although infringement and […]
Philip Morris v Nicoventures Trading [2022] EWCA Civ 163816 December 2022Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Adrian Speck KC appeared for the Appellant “PMI” and Respondents “BAT”, respectively,  in the appeal of the order of Marcus Smith J who had held that four patents of PMI for a “heat, not burn” smoking system were invalid for obviousness. The appeal concerned the interpretation of a claim on which the […]
Combe International v Dr August Wolff [2022] EWCA Civ 156230 November 2022Tom Moody-Stuart KC, instructed for the first time on appeal, and Ashton Chantrielle, appeared for Dr Wolff in the appeal of a trade mark infringement and passing off case relating to female intimate care products, in which the Court of Appeal reshaped the law on the statutory acquiescence defence under s48(1) of the Trade Marks […]