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Appointment of Sir Hugh Laddie Chair at UCL30 June 2010It was announced in June that Sir Robin Jacob, a former head of Chambers, would be the first holder of the Sir Hugh Laddie Chair of Intellectual Property Law at UCL (a Chair supported by many contributions from business, the legal profession and elsewhere including members of chambers), upon his retirement from the Court of […]
Siemens v Seagate (High Court of Northern Ireland, 2010)16 June 2010Patent for a Magnetoresistive Sensor asserted against read/write heads used in disk drives. James Mellor QC led James Whyte. Awaiting judgment as of May 2011
Siemens v Seagate (High Court of Northern Ireland, 2010)16 June 2010Patent for a Magnetoresistive Sensor asserted against read/write heads used in disk drives. James Mellor QC led James Whyte. Awaiting judgment as of May 2011
Kerr v. Lawrence Shaw [2010] EWHC 585 (Ch)19 March 2010This was a claim by Mr Kerr against his former patent agents, whom were represented by Mark Chacksfield, in which the Claimant alleged that he should have obtained valuable patent rights in Canada. The trial covered a huge range of issues, from the scope of the retainer, breach, causation and damage, and included expert evidence […]
Kerr v. Lawrence Shaw [2010] EWHC 585 (Ch)19 March 2010This was a claim by Mr Kerr against his former patent agents, whom were represented by Mark Chacksfield, in which the Claimant alleged that he should have obtained valuable patent rights in Canada. The trial covered a huge range of issues, from the scope of the retainer, breach, causation and damage, and included expert evidence […]
BMS Computer Solutions v AB Agri [2010] EWHC 464 (Ch)10 March 2010Jonathan Hill acted as junior counsel for the claimant in their successful application for summary judgment on their claim for wrongful termination of breach of a software licence agreement in respect of animal feed mill management software and for infringement of copyright in that software. Sales J had to consider whether a ‘perpetual’ licence was […]
BMS Computer Solutions v AB Agri [2010] EWHC 464 (Ch)10 March 2010Jonathan Hill acted as junior counsel for the claimant in their successful application for summary judgment on their claim for wrongful termination of breach of a software licence agreement in respect of animal feed mill management software and for infringement of copyright in that software. Sales J had to consider whether a ‘perpetual’ licence was […]
Intervet v Merial [2010] EWHC 294 (Pat)23 February 2010Michael Tappin QC and Charlotte May were instructed for the Claimant in this action on a patent relating to diagnosis of porcine circovirus infection; acted for party successfully establishing invalidity and noninfringement.
Intervet v Merial [2010] EWHC 294 (Pat)23 February 2010Michael Tappin QC and Charlotte May were instructed for the Claimant in this action on a patent relating to diagnosis of porcine circovirus infection; acted for party successfully establishing invalidity and noninfringement.
Actavis v Novartis [2010] EWCA Civ 827 February 2010This was the appeal in the action to revoke Novartis’ patent for its LESCOL® sustained release fluvastatin product. Richard Meade and Mark Chacksfield were instructed by Novartis. The appeal focused in detail on the requirements set down by the House of Lords in the recent Angiotech decision on the question of assessing inventive step.