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First all-female QC team leading a patent case6 November 20198 New Square are proud to note that in the trial of Conversant v Apple being heard this week in the High Court of Justice, we are seeing for the first time in history an all-female leading team in a patent trial with Charlotte May QC and Lindsay Lane QC leading for Apple. James Mellor […]
Warner Music and Sony Music v TuneIn [2019] EWHC 2923 (Ch)1 November 2019Robert Howe QC and Jaani Riordan appeared for the Defendant in an important test case concerning the scope of the right of communication to the public. The Claimants (Warner and Sony) were music labels who owned or licensed the copyright in numerous sound recordings. TuneIn was a platform offering a directory of hyperlinks to freely […]
Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards 201931 October 2019We are pleased to announce our success at the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards 2019, which were held on 31st October at the London Hilton on Park Lane. We were winners in all three IT/IP categories: Set of the Year, Silk of the Year and Junior of the Year (Isabel Jamal). These Awards are […]
Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors23 October 2019In Shanks v Unilever, Lord Kitchin, giving the judgment of the Supreme Court, set aside the IPO hearing officer’s decision, upheld by Arnold J and the Court of Appeal, rejecting Prof Shanks’s claim for compensation from his employer, the research arm of Unilever, on grounds that patents for an electrochemical testing device he invented were […]
Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners18 October 2019We are pleased to report our continued success in the UK Bar 2020 editions of Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, being ranked as a Leading Set in Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Media & Entertainment.
Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd and Anor v Sandoz Ltd and ors [2019] EWHC 2545 (Ch)4 October 2019Martin Howe QC, Iona Berkeley and Ashton Chantrielle appeared for the First to Fifth Defendants (‘Sandoz’) in this lengthy passing off trial, concerning the colour and get-up of the Claimants’ Seretide combination inhaler, an extremely successful prescription only medication. The action was dismissed, and on 4th February 2020 the Court of Appeal (Floyd LJ) refused […]
Congratulations to Jennifer Dixon1 October 2019Chambers are pleased to announce that Jennifer Dixon has commenced practice having accepted a tenancy at 8 New Square. Jennifer holds an LLB from University College London. During pupillage, Jennifer has been involved in several major patent, trade mark and copyright cases and is currently working as part of the team on a patent action […]
Coloplast A/S v Salts Healthcare [2019] EWHC 1979 (Pat)30 September 2019Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC and Maxwell Keay appeared for the Claimant, Coloplast, to oppose an application brought by the Defendant to stay UK infringement and validity proceedings pending the conclusion of opposition proceedings at the European Patent Office. Applying the IPCom guidance, David Stone, siting as a Deputy High Court Judge, dismissed the stay application. Following […]
Pfizer v F. Hoffman La-Roche [2019] EWHC 1520 (Pat)20 September 2019Richard Meade QC and Thomas Jones  appeared for the Claimant, Pfizer, and Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC and Mark Chacksfield QC appeared for the Defendant, Roche, in a case concerning Arrow relief in circumstances where no UK Patent could grant by reason of dedesignations. The case concerned Pfizer’s proposed launch of a biosimilar containing bevacizumab to be […]
London Legal Walk17 June 2019On Monday 17th June, a team of walkers from 8 New Square took part in the annual 10K London Legal Walk, which is sponsored by The Law Society and LexisNexis. The team joined 15,000 people walking to help raise funds for the London Legal Support Trust.  The Trust works to support law centres and legal […]