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The Bar & Mooting Society of King’s College London10 February 20238 New Square is proud to sponsor the Annual IP Moot of The Bar and Mooting Society of King’s College London.  Isabel Jamal, Head of Pupillage & Recruitment at 8 New Square, acted as one of this year’s judges.
Marriott Worldwide Corporation v Delta Air Lines, Inc. [2023] EWHC 283 (Ch)10 February 2023Iona Berkeley acted as junior counsel for the Respondent “Delta Air Lines” in a High Court Appeal against the decision of a Hearing Officer in the UK IPO Trade Marks Registry in respect of an Application under section 47(2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (“TMA”). Delta Air Lines (the Applicant/Respondent) sought a declaration of […]
Interdigital v Lenovo [2023] EWCA Civ 1059 February 2023Adrian Speck KC and James Abrahams KC appeared for the Appellants “IDC” and the Respondents “Lenovo”, respectively, in an appeal from the Order of Mellor J revoking IDC’s patent following Trial B in the proceedings between the parties. The patent related to the selection of transport blocks for data transmission in HSUPA developed for 3G […]
Ensygnia IP v Shell UK Oil7 February 2023In a patent validity and infringement trial before Charlotte May KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge, Martin Howe KC, leading Geoff Pritchard of 3 New Square, instructed by Dehns, appeared for the claimant patentee and Lindsay Lane KC leading Beth Collett, instructed by Norton Rose Fulbright, for the defendants. The subject matter of […]
Interdigital v Lenovo [2023] EWHC 172 (Pat)31 January 2023James Abrahams KC represented the Defendants “Lenovo” in “Trial C” in proceedings brought by the Claimants “IDC”. The issue for trial was the novelty and obviousness of an IDC patent relating to a new trigger for the sending of scheduling information in HSUPA over a 3GPP technical specification and a prior patent. Although infringement and […]
Interdigital v Lenovo [2023] EWHC 172 (Pat)31 January 2023Mr Justice Mellor handed down judgment on the 31st January 2023 on technical trial C. James Abrahams KC appeared for the defendant instructed by Kirkland & Ellis. The judgment is available here.
Jessie Bowhill Listed in Hot 10023 January 2023Jessie Bowhill has been listed in The Lawyer’s annual round up of the most impressive legal professionals. She is recognised for her recent work on the Ed Sheeran copyright matter and on the Sussex -v- Associated News case. Jessie focuses in particular on copyright, trade marks and passing off, design right, breach of confidence, database rights […]
5* JUVE Patent Ranking6 January 2023In the recently published JUVE Patent rankings, 8 New Square was the only UK set to be given a 5* rating.  It received commendation for its FRAND work, commitment to diversity initiatives and its visibility across the field of IP. Please click here for the full analysis.
Philip Morris v Nicoventures Trading [2022] EWCA Civ 163816 December 2022Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Adrian Speck KC appeared for the Appellant “PMI” and Respondents “BAT”, respectively,  in the appeal of the order of Marcus Smith J who had held that four patents of PMI for a “heat, not burn” smoking system were invalid for obviousness. The appeal concerned the interpretation of a claim on which the […]
Combe International v Dr August Wolff [2022] EWCA Civ 156230 November 2022Tom Moody-Stuart KC, instructed for the first time on appeal, and Ashton Chantrielle, appeared for Dr Wolff in the appeal of a trade mark infringement and passing off case relating to female intimate care products, in which the Court of Appeal reshaped the law on the statutory acquiescence defence under s48(1) of the Trade Marks […]