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8 New Square given a 5* JUVE rating3 February 2021“Market-leading 8 New Square remains the UK IP bar’s best regarded and largest IP barrister set” and is given a 5* JUVE rating. Please click here for the full analysis.
Lifestyle Equities v Amazon27 January 2021James Mellor QC and Max Keay appeared for the defendants, Amazon, in this trial of a trade mark dispute.  The dispute was whether Amazon had infringed trade marks for “Beverly Hills Polo Club” by allowing goods branded under those marks to be listed on their US website in a way that made them visible to […]
Isabel Jamal listed in The Lawyer’s newly published ‘Hot 100’ for 202127 January 2021We are very pleased to report that Isabel Jamal is listed as a member of The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2021. Isabel is a leading junior at the IP Bar, and we are delighted that The Lawyer has recognised her as a leading junior across the whole of the Bar.  To read what The Lawyer says […]
Optis and Unwired Planet v Apple26 January 2021Isabel Jamal and Jennifer Dixon acted for Optis and Unwired Planet in the hearing of this application by Apple.  The dispute between the parties encompasses multiple trials concerning standards essential patents and FRAND licence terms.  Apple applied to vary a case management order, made in July 2020, which scheduled a sixth trial in the dispute […]
James Mellor QC, Head of Chambers, is appointed as a Justice of the High Court20 January 2021Chambers is very pleased to announce that its Head of Chambers, James Mellor QC, has been appointed as a Justice of the High Court (Chancery Division) and will commence his new appointment on the 8th February 2021.  James has had a distinguished career at the Bar, spanning 35 years, and members of Chambers wish him […]
Illumina Cambridge Ltd v MGI20 January 2021Isabel Jamal appeared as part of a multi-counsel team for the Defendants in this patent validity and infringement trial concerning DNA sequencing technology.  Five Illumina patents were in issue. Three of the patents, all concerning modified nucleotides, were considered together.  In light of challenges on the basis of obviousness, priority, insufficiency and added matter, amendments […]
Hanger Holdings Ltd v Perlake Corporation SA19 January 2021Jonathan Hill acted for the successful claimant in proceedings seeking to recover the valuable domain name blackjack.com from the defendant Simon Croft.  In finding for the claimant the English High Court for the first time held that a domain name was a form of intangible personal property, following the approach taken by the Ontario Court […]
Coloplast A/S v Salts Healthcare Ltd18 January 2021Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC and Max Keay appeared for the claimant, Coloplast, in this patent infringement and validity trial.  The subject matter of the one patent in issue was ostomy bags, and specifically a woven textile comfort layer to provide a bag with increased resistance against tearing and pulling forces. The Defendant, Salts, had launched a […]
Top Optimized Technologies v Vodafone14 January 2021Jaani Riordan appeared with Thomas Raphael QC for Vodafone in their application for a stay of proceedings alleging breach of confidence and patent infringement arising from Vodafone’s use of Huawei base station equipment and mobile phones, pending the outcome of parallel proceedings brought by TOT against Huawei in Spain.  The action was a jurisdiction challenge […]
Nicholas Martin v Julia Kogan11 January 2021Ashton Chantrielle and Beth Collett appeared for Ms Kogan, the Defendant/Part 20 Claimant, and Jonathan Hill appeared for the film company Part 20 Defendants, in this re-trial of a dispute over the authorship of the screenplay for the film “Florence Foster Jenkins”. Mr Martin sought a declaration that he was the sole author and copyright […]