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New Contractual Terms17 January 2013The Bar Council has issued revised standard contractual terms on which barristers offer their services. 8 New Square barristers will be adopting these revised terms on all new instructions and requesting that all existing instructions are moved to the revised terms. We foresee little change to the relationship with our clients by the introduction of […]
Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright: A year in Review16 January 2013James Mellor QC and Fiona Clark
FAPL v QC Leisure [2012] EWCA Civ 170820 December 2012James Mellor QC and Charlotte May acted for the appellant (FAPL) and Martin Howe QC for the respondents in this appeal against the judgment of Kitchin LJ (sitting at first instance) [2012] EWHC 108 (Ch); [2012] FSR 12. FAPL contended that the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 should be interpreted in accordance with the […]
FAPL v QC Leisure [2012] EWCA Civ 170820 December 2012James Mellor QC and Charlotte May acted for the appellant (FAPL) and Martin Howe QC for the respondents in this appeal against the judgment of Kitchin LJ (sitting at first instance) [2012] EWHC 108 (Ch); [2012] FSR 12. FAPL contended that the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 should be interpreted in accordance with the […]
Review Of The Year In Patents18 December 2012Daniel Alexander QC
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2012] EWHC 3316 (Pat)12 December 2012Richard Meade QC acted for the successful claimant in Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2012] EWHC 3316 (Pat).  This is an important decision which recognises that English courts have jurisdiction to hear claims for infringement of multiple foreign designations of a European patent. The defendant applied to strike out or stay the […]
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2012] EWHC 3316 (Pat)12 December 2012Richard Meade QCacted for the successful claimant in Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2012] EWHC 3316 (Pat).  This is an important decision which recognises that English courts have jurisdiction to hear claims for infringement of multiple foreign designations of a European patent. The defendant applied to strike out or stay the action […]
JW Spear & Sons Ltd and Mattel Inc v. Zynga [2012] EWHC 3345 (Ch)6 December 2012Adrian Speck QC acted for the claimants and James Mellor QC and Ashton Chantrielle for the defendant in a partial summary judgment application for invalidity of the claimants’ Community trade mark for a tile used in the claimants board game SCRABBLE. The defendant was successful on the basis that the claimants tile mark did not […]
JW Spear & Sons Ltd and Mattel Inc v. Zynga [2012] EWHC 3345 (Ch)6 December 2012Adrian Speck QC acted for the claimants and James Mellor QC and Ashton Chantrielle for the defendant in a partial summary judgment application for invalidity of the claimants’ Community trade mark for a tile used in the claimants board game SCRABBLE. The defendant was successful on the basis that the claimants tile mark did not […]
Rugby Football Union v CIS Ltd (formerly Viagogo Ltd) [2012] UKSC 55,21 November 2012Martin Howe QC and Tom Moody-Stuart acted for the appellant (CIS Ltd, formerly Viagogo Ltd) in this appeal to the Supreme Court against a Norwich Pharmacal order which had been granted against a ticket exchange website requiring it to identify individuals who had been selling rugby tickets on the website. The Rugby Football Union (respondent […]