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Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 466 (Admin)24 February 2012Martin Howe QC appeared for the appellant (Mrs Murphy) in her appeal against a conviction by Portsmouth Magistrates under s. 297(1) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 for dishonestly receiving programme without paying the charge applicable to its reception, and James Mellor QC appeared for the respondent prosecutor. Mrs Murphy had used an […]
Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 466 (Admin)24 February 2012Martin Howe QC appeared for the appellant (Mrs Murphy) in her appeal against a conviction by Portsmouth Magistrates under s. 297(1) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 for dishonestly receiving programme without paying the charge applicable to its reception, and James Mellor QC appeared for the respondent prosecutor. Mrs Murphy had used an […]
Viagogo Ltd v Myles, Hardcash Productions, and Channel 4 [2012] EWHC 433 (Ch)23 February 2012Martin Howe QC appeared for the Claimant in this application for an interim injunction to prevent the inclusion of confidential commercial information about the identities of customers and prices being included in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme. The information had been obtained by an undercover journalist who had obtained employment with the claimant and the […]
Viagogo Ltd v Myles, Hardcash Productions, and Channel 4 [2012] EWHC 433 (Ch)23 February 2012Martin Howe QC appeared for the Claimant in this application for an interim injunction to prevent the inclusion of confidential commercial information about the identities of customers and prices being included in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme. The information had been obtained by an undercover journalist who had obtained employment with the claimant and the […]
Nokia v IPCom [2012] EWHC 22520 February 2012As part of its long-running dispute with IPCom, Nokia sought revocation of a patent relating to handover of mobile phones between base stations. IPCom sought to amend the patent to one of a number of claim sets; Nokia sought to invalidate the broadest claim set and sought declarations of non-essentiality of all the claim sets […]
Nokia v IPCom [2012] EWHC 22520 February 2012As part of its long-running dispute with IPCom, Nokia sought revocation of a patent relating to handover of mobile phones between base stations. IPCom sought to amend the patent to one of a number of claim sets; Nokia sought to invalidate the broadest claim set and sought declarations of non-essentiality of all the claim sets […]
Force India Formula One Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team Sdn Bhd [2012] 616 (Ch)14 February 2012
Force India Formula One Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team Sdn Bhd [2012] 616 (Ch)14 February 2012
The Patents County Court9 February 2012Isabel Jamal
FAPL v QC Leisure [2012] EWHC 108 (Ch)3 February 2012James Mellor QC and Charlotte May acted for the claimant (FAPL) and Martin Howe QC for the defendants in this hearing at which Kitchin LJ (sitting at first instance) gave final judgment in the action following the answers given by the ECJ in its judgment (Joined Cases C-403/08 & C-429/08) in response to the questions […]