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Football Dataco Ltd v Yahoo! UK Ltd Case C-604/1012 November 2012Reference to the CJEU concerning the question of whether database copyright subsists in football fixture lists.
Football Dataco Ltd v Yahoo! UK Ltd Case C-604/1012 November 2012Reference to the CJEU concerning the question of whether database copyright subsists in football fixture lists.
M?lnlycke Health Care -and- BSN Medical9 November 2012Richard Meade QC recently appeared for the defendants in a patent infringement action involving composite wound dressings. Although the patent was held to be valid, the defendants successfully resisted the allegations of infringement. One of the integers of the relevant claim was that gel in the wound-facing layer of the dressing penetrated into holes in […]
M?lnlycke Health Care -and- BSN Medical9 November 2012Richard Meade QC recently appeared for the defendants in a patent infringement action involving composite wound dressings. Although the patent was held to be valid, the defendants successfully resisted the allegations of infringement. One of the integers of the relevant claim was that gel in the wound-facing layer of the dressing penetrated into holes in […]
University of Southampton & Howlett v Mohtasham [2012] EWHC 1630 (QB)8 November 2012This was a three week trial in the Queen’s Bench Division in which Jessie Bowhill acted for the successful Claimants. The Defendant in that case had over the course of eight years published allegations throughout the world that the University of Southampton and leading academics in the field of nuclear non-proliferation had plagiarised her work, […]
University of Southampton & Howlett v Mohtasham [2012] EWHC 1630 (QB)8 November 2012This was a three week trial in the Queen’s Bench Division in which Jessie Bowhill acted for the successful Claimants. The Defendant in that case had over the course of eight years published allegations throughout the world that the University of Southampton and leading academics in the field of nuclear non-proliferation had plagiarised her work, […]
FRAND and telecoms conference6 November 2012Daniel Alexander QC
Andrew Lykiardopoulos wins IP Junior of the Year26 October 2012We are pleased to announce that Andrew Lykiardopoulos has won the IP Junior of the Year award at the Chambers & Partners Awards ceremony. Announcing the award, Chambers & Partners said: "Andrew Lykiardopoulos is heralded as “a star in the making.” He is especially highly regarded for his skills as an advocate, which places him “well […]
Question The Trademark Judges17 October 2012Daniel Alexander QC
Medimmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1234.16 October 2012Richard Meade QC recently appeared in the Court of Appeal in MedImmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1234. This case concerned the patentability of a technique called antibody phage display, which can be used to select antibody fragments that bind to specific antigens. At trial, Arnold J held that the claimant’s patents […]