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(1) Evalve Inc (2) Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc (3) Abbott Medical UK Ltd v Edwards Lifesciences Ltd [2020] EWHC 514 (Pat)12 March 2020Richard Meade QC, James Abrahams QC, Michael Conway, and Jennifer Dixon appeared for the claimants in this patent infringement trial. The case concerned two patents (“850” and “810”) relating to medical devices used to treat mitral valve regurgitations by a transcatheter technique. The claimants (“Abbott”) alleged that the defendant’s (“Edwards”) product, the PASCAL device, infringed […]
ViiV Healthcare Co v Gilead Sciences Inc [2020] EWHC 615 (Pat)10 March 2020Richard Meade QC, Charlotte May QC, and James Whyte appeared for the claimants and Michael Tappin QC appeared for the defendants in this strike out application against part of the claimants’ pleaded case of patent infringement. The claimants’ patent claimed a class of compounds that included their commercial product called dolutegravir (“DTG”) and alleged that […]
2020 Managing IP Awards6 March 20208 New Square won IP Set of the Year at the 2020 Managing IP Awards, with Ashton Chantrielle winning Junior IP Barrister of the Year. Daniel Alexander QC, Adrian Speck QC, Charlotte May QC and Lindsay Lane QC were nominated in the Senior IP Barrister of the Year category. Isabel Jamal and Jaani Riordan were […]
Great Legal Bake18 February 2020On 10th February, we took part in the Great Legal Bake, organised by the London Legal Support Trust.  Members of Chambers baked, donated and bought cakes, raising £205 for the Trust.  The money raised will be used to support the valuable work of law centres and legal advice agencies in London and the South East. […]
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc v (1) Nathan James (2) Jordan Salvato (3) Paris Steer (4) Cameron Boness (5) Jonathan Eke [2020] EWHC 179 (Pat)29 January 2020Jaani Riordan appeared for the claimants in a claim for breach of an end user licence agreement, copyright infringement and circumvention of technological protection measures. The claim related to the development, distribution and sale of cheat software called Epsilon for use with the video game Grand Theft Auto V (“GTAV”). Epsilon is a software program […]
Managing Intellectual Property Awards 202028 January 2020
Beth Collett nominated in Women in Law Awards 202028 January 2020Beth Collett has been nominated in the ‘Rising Star’ category at the Women in Law Awards 2020. The Awards take place in June, and will honour the inspiring achievements of women in all areas of the legal industry.
Christopher Wheat v Google LLC [2020] EWHC 27 (Ch)15 January 2020Jaani Riordan appeared for the respondent (“Google”) in this appeal against a decision of Chief Master Marsh refusing to grant the appellant, Mr Wheat, permission to serve Google out of the jurisdiction. Mr Wheat operated a website to which he had uploaded photographs and articles that he had authored. He discovered that third parties were […]
Easygroup Ltd v (1) Easyfly SA (2) Alfonso Avila Velandia and (3) Gie Avions de Transport Regional [2020] EWHC 40 (Ch)14 January 2020Jaani Riordan appeared as Junior Counsel for the proposed Third Defendant (“ATR”), a subsidiary of Airbus, in this opposition to joinder. EasyGroup brought a claim alleging trade mark infringement, passing off and unlawful means conspiracy against the First Defendant, a Colombian airline providing domestic flights in Colombia under the name EASYFLY, and related claims against […]
Conversant Wireless Licensing v Huawei and ZTE8 January 2020Tom Moody-Stuart QC and James Whyte appeared for the claimant and Michael Tappin QC and Henry Ward appeared for the defendants in this patent action, one of a series of technical trials between these parties.  This trial was to determine whether three of the claimant’s patents were valid and essential to telecommunications standards relating to […]