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Thoratec v Aachen Innovative Solutions [2016] EWHC 2637 (Pat)26 October 2016Daniel Alexander QC appeared for the Claimant, Thoratec, and James Mellor QC for the Defendant, AIS, in this action concerning AIS’s patents for a catheter device involving a magnetic ‘clutch’. Thoratec initially sought to invalidate both patents in their entirety and later sought a declaration of non-infringement by reference to a Product Description. Thoratec claimed […]
Thoratec Europe Ltd v AIS GMBH Aachen Innovative Solutions (2016)26 October 2016Daniel Alexander QC appeared for the Claimant, Thoratec, and James Mellor QC for the Defendant, AIS, in this action concerning AIS’s patents for a catheter device involving a magnetic ‘clutch’. Thoratec initially sought to invalidate both patents in their entirety and later sought a declaration of non-infringement by reference to a Product Description. Thoratec claimed […]
8 New Square awarded IP, IT and Media set of the year by The Legal 500 UK25 October 2016The Legal 500 UK announced yesterday that they have have awarded 8 New Square Set of the Year in IP, IT and Media & Entertainment,
8 New Square awarded IP, IT and Media set of the year by The Legal 500 UK25 October 2016 The Legal 500 UK announced yesterday that they have have awarded 8 New Square Set of the Year in IP, IT and Media & Entertainment, .
Sony v SSH [2016] EWHC 2584 (Pat)16 October 2016Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC and James Abrahams QC appeared for the Claimants and Part 20 Defendants in this action dealing with a patent for network communications. The patent in suit was owned by SSH, and related to the use of ‘keepalive’ packets of data when exchanging information between private and public networks through a Network Address […]
Sony Communications International AB v SSH Communications Security Corp16 October 2016 [2016] EWHC 2584 (Pat) Members of Chambers successfully represented Sony in an action dealing with a patent for network communications. The patent in suit was owned by SSH, and related to the use of ‘keepalive’ packets of data when exchanging information between private and public networks through a Network Address Translation (NAT) system. Sony sued […]
Warner Lambert v Generics Ltd, Actavis, Caduceus (Pregabalin) [2016] EWCA Civ 100613 October 2016The Court of Appeal has handed down Judgment on the Pregabalin matter. Richard Meade QC, Adrian Speck QC and Isabel Jamal were instructed by Powell Gilbert for Actavis.
Warner Lambert -and- Generics Ltd, Actavis, Caduceus (Pregabalin)13 October 2016Richard Meade QC, Adrian Speck QC and Isabel Jamal appeared for the Respondents, Mylan and Actavis, in this appeal concerning validity and infringement of a Swiss form patent for the use of pregabalin for the treatment of pain. At first instance the Judge had held the patent invalid for insufficiency, since it was not plausible […]
New book: The Liability of Internet Intermediaries, by Jaani Riordan26 September 2016To celebrate the recent publication of the book, Chambers hosted a launch party at Somerset House, London, which was attended by a number of key clients, judges, and academics. The textbook is the first to provide comprehensive analysis of the legal responsibilities of information society services who transmit and host the content of third parties, […]
New book on intermediary liability launched26 September 2016 8 New Square congratulates junior tenant Jaani Riordan on the publication of a major new textbook entitled The Liability of Internet Intermediaries.  The work was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. To celebrate the recent publication of the book, Chambers hosted a launch party at Somerset House, London, which was attended by a number […]