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(1) Thelma Madine (T/A Nico), (2) Camal Enterprises) v (1) Leanne Phillips (2) Pauline Phillips & Ors [2017] EWHC 3268 (IPEC).13 December 2017Ashton Chantrielle appeared for the Defendants in this action relating to UK unregistered design rights in wedding dresses. The Claimant, Thelma Madine, is a dressmaker and is best known for extravagant wedding dresses created for the traveller community, as seen on Channel 4’s My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Ms Madine claimed that the First Defendant, […]
Nicholas Martin v Julia Kogan [2017] EWHC 2927 (IPEC) and [2017] EWHC 3266 (IPEC)4 December 2017In this case Ashton Chantrielle, led by Simon Malynicz QC of 3 New Square, appeared for Ms Kogan, the Defendant/ Part 20 Claimant, and Jonathan Hill appeared for the film company Part 20 Defendants. Mr Nicholas Martin sought a declaration that he was the sole author of the screenplay for the film ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ starring Meryl Streep […]
Nicholas Martin v Julia Kogan [2017] EWHC 2927 (IPEC) and [2017] EWHC 3266 (IPEC)4 December 2017In this case Ashton Chantrielle, led by Simon Malynicz QC of 3 New Square, appeared for Ms Kogan, the Defendant/ Part 20 Claimant, and Jonathan Hill appeared for the film company Part 20 Defendants. Mr Nicholas Martin sought a declaration that he was the sole author of the screenplay for the film ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ […]
Accord Healthcare v Research Corporation Technologies [2017] EWHC 2711 (Ch)16 November 2017This action related to a patent for lacosamide; an anti-epileptic drug. Accord Healthcare Limited sought to invalidate the SPC protecting lacosamide, on grounds that the patent was invalid.
Jake Fior v The Walt Disney Company Limited [2017] EWHC 2933 (IPEC)13 November 2017In a trade mark dispute about ‘ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS’ Henry Ward for the Defendants Disney successfully applied to strike out the Claimant’s pleading that relied on without prejudice correspondence. The Judge held that the exceptions to the without prejudice rule in Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading SA v TMT Asia Limited [2010] UKSC 44 […]
Jake Fior v The Walt Disney Company Limited [2017] EWHC 2933 (IPEC)13 November 2017In a trade mark dispute about ‘ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS’ Henry Ward for the Defendants Disney successfully applied to strike out the Claimant’s pleading that relied on without prejudice correspondence. The Judge held that the exceptions to the without prejudice rule in Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading SA v TMT Asia Limited [2010] UKSC 44 […]
Quentin Cregan speaks at the Licensing Executives Society (LES) in Munich10 November 2017Quentin Cregan was an invited speaker at the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Germany conference on “Industie 4.0 und IP mit Exkurs zum BREXIT” hosted at the IBM Watson IoT Munich Center on 10 November 2017. The other speakers included Ken-ichi Nagasawa, Head of IP for Canon Inc; Beat Weibel, Head of IP for Siemens AG; Dr. […]
Accord Healthcare Limited v Research Corporation Technologies [2017] EWHC 2711 (Ch)6 November 2017In this case William Duncan appeared for the Claimant, led by Piers Acland QC of 11 South Square. This action related to a patent for lacosamide; an anti-epileptic drug. Accord Healthcare Limited sought to invalidate the SPC protecting lacosamide, on grounds that the patent was invalid. Accord challenged the entitlement of the patent to claim […]
8 New Square Wins IP Set Of The Year30 October 20178 New Square won the IP Set Of The Year at the 2017 Chambers & Partners Bar Awards on the 26th October. The award was accepted by Mark Platts-Mills QC and Paul Worrall.
Ghanaian Maritime Boundary Dispute – PI law and a little IP23 September 2017Ghana v. Cote d’ Ivoire Members of 8 New Square have a tradition of practising in areas outside IP. In one notable example, our former head of chambers Michael Fysh QC, a leading expert on rights to foreshore, acted in one of the longest and most important cases on fishing licences. That tradition has been […]