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Adolf Nissen Elektrobau GmbH & Co Kg v Horizont Group GmbH [2019] EWHC 3522 (IPEC)18 December 2019Maxwell Keay appeared on behalf of the Defendant (‘Horizont’) in this patent revocation claim. The parties to the action were both in the business of electric road traffic signs. The Claimant (‘Nissen’) sought to revoke a UK patent owned by Horizont for an invention entitled ‘Mobile warning device for road traffic’. The alleged ground of […]
Koninklijke Philips NV v (1) Asustek Computer Inc (2) Asustek (UK) Ltd (3) Asus Technology PTE Ltd (4) HTC Corp (5) HTC Europe Co Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 223017 December 2019James Abrahams QC appeared on behalf of the Defendants in this appeal. The case concerned three mobile telecommunications patents (“659”, “525” and “511”) that the Claimant had declared were essential to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System standard. Arnold J at first instance (in separate judgments for each patent) held that 659 was invalid but that […]
Halewood International Brands Limited and Vera Lynn O-766-1912 December 2019Tom Jones represented the applicant, Halewood International Brands Limited, and Ashton Chantrielle represented the opponent, Dame Vera Lynn, in this dispute relating to an application to register VERA LYNN as a trade mark for alcoholic beverages and spirits. The Opposition was brought on the basis that Dame Vera Lynn has pre-existing passing off rights and […]
Ablynx v VHsquared10 December 2019Lindsay Lane QC appeared for the Appellants in this case concerning whether the High Court had jurisdiction in patent infringement proceedings between two licensees. The licence contained an exclusive choice of court clause conferring jurisdiction on the Belgian court and, subsequent to the commencement of the UK proceedings, the Appellants had commenced proceedings in Belgium […]
Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE and Others v Sami Chokri and Others [2019] EWHC 3584 (Ch)9 December 2019Jessie Bowhill appeared on behalf of the Appellants (Claimants) in an appeal concerning the admissibility of similar fact evidence in a claim for copyright infringement. The claim concerns the song “Shape of You” written by the first three Claimants, which the Defendants contend infringe the copyright in the song “Oh Why”. This appeal was from […]
Charlotte May QC and Lindsay Lane QC named in Managing Intellectual Property’s 50 Most Influential People in IP5 December 2019Charlotte May QC and Lindsay Lane QC have been named as two of MIP’s 50 most influential people in IP 2019.  Charlotte and Lindsay were the first all-female team to lead a patent trial at the High Court, successfully acting for the Defendants in Conversant v Apple.  The IP arena still has much work to […]
Isabel Jamal – Junior of the Year5 December 2019Isabel Jamal has won Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 UK 2020 Bar Awards in the category IP, IT & Media. This is the second Award for Isabel, who also won Junior of the Year for IP & IT at the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards.
Conversant v Apple [2019] EWHC 3266 (Pat)29 November 2019James Mellor QC and Michael Conway represented Conversant and Charlotte May QC and Lindsay Lane QC appeared for Apple in this trial relating to patent infringement and validity which was heard before Birss J. The patent in question (as unconditionally amended) related to a particular user interface for a “smart phone”. It was said to […]
Kogan v Martin & ors21 November 2019Ashton Chantrielle appeared for the Appellant, Julia Kogan in an appeal concerning joint authorship of copyright works. Jonathan Hill appeared for three film companies, which were third party defendants in the proceedings. The appeal concerned authorship of copyright in the screenplay for the film Florence Foster Jenkins. At first instance, HHJ Hacon declared that the […]
Shnuggle Limited v Munchkin Inc. and Lindam Limited [2019] EWHC 3149 (IPEC)20 November 2019Lindsay Lane QC appeared on behalf of the Defendants (Munchkin and Lindam) in this case involving design rights in baby baths. This was a claim for infringement of design rights in two registered Community designs and also UK unregistered design rights in respect of six designs related to certain parts of two models of baby […]