Recent Cases

Anan Kasei and Rhodia v Neo [2023] EWCA Civ 11

Neo had infringed the Claimants’ patent by dealing with high surface area (‘HSA’) ceric oxide products in the UK. Those products are used (in combination with a number of other ingredients) in the manufacture of exhaust...

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories & others v Warner-Lambert Company LLC [2023] EWCA Civ 73

In the latest instalment in the fallout from the pregabalin litigation, Warner-Lambert had sought to amend its case on the damages inquiry to introduce an attempt to reduce the damages payable upon their cross-undertakin...

Heraeus Noblelight Ltd v First Light Lamps Ltd [2023] EWHC 1950 (Pat)

This patent infringement / validity action concerned a manufacturing method for sealing electrodes into the ends of high performance quartz glass arc lamps. The key issues of general interest discussed in the...

InterDigital v Lenovo [2023] EWCA Civ 105

This was an appeal by InterDigital against the decision of Mr Justice Mellor in technical trial B in these proceedings which found InterDigital’s patent invalid because it was anticipated over the prior art.  Kyra Nezam...

JC Bamford Excavators Limited v Manitou UK Limited & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 840

Court of Appeal decision on the publication of the Defendant’s confidential information and trade secrets in a judgment.  The Court held that: the information in question (recorded in the first instance judgment and...

Lifestyle Equities CV and anor v Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club Ltd and ors [2023] EWHC 1839 Ch

This was the trial of an action for trade mark infringement and passing off brought by the owner of the Beverly Hills Polo Club brand against yet another competing brand using a polo theme. The action included claims aga...

Nicoventures Trading Ltd v Philip Morris Products SA [2023] EWHC 854 (Pat)

This patent revocation and infringement action concerned two Philip Morris patents for “heat not burn” tobacco systems that used inductive heating. The Court held that the patents were valid but not infringed. Iain Purv...

Tesco v Lidl [2023] EWHC 873 (Ch)

Lidl brought trade mark infringement, passing off and copyright infringement claims against Tesco. The complaint concerned Tesco’s blue and yellow Clubcard Prices symbol, which was said to infringe Lidl’s logo. Tesco cou...

Optis v Apple [2023] EWCA Civ 438

This was an appeal by Optis from an order of Meade J dated 10 December 2021 revoking European Patents (UK) Nos. 2093953, 2464065 and 2592779 (concerning the use of Linear Congruential Generators (LCGs) in the Physical Do...

Parsons v Convatec [2023] EWHC 1535 (Pat)

Dr David Parsons, an analytical chemist, was employed by Convatec.  He claims to have made, alone or jointly with others, various inventions and patents which belong to Convatec.  The inventions mainly relate to the use...

Philip Morris Products SA & Anor v Nicoventures Trading Limited & Anor [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat)

The latest judgment in a long running patent dispute between BAT and PMI over ‘heat not burn’ technology. The patent in suit was found invalid and not infringed. PMI’s claim for an Arrow type declaration was also rejecte...

Sandoz Ltd & Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd v Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings [2023] EWCA Civ 472

This was the first occasion on which a UK court considered the recent EPO decision in G2/21 on the law of plausibility. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) appealed an order of Meade J revoking European Patent (UK) No. 1 427 415...

Vodafone v IPCom [2023] EWCA Civ 113

Vodafone v IPCom [2023] EWCA Civ 113 IPCom was the registered proprietor of European Patent (UK) No 2 579 666 relating to the allocation of access rights within a telecommunications network.  At trial, Mr Recorder Cam...