Recent Cases

JCB v Manitou [2024] EWCA Civ 276

This was an appeal from the decision of the trial judge to revoke JCB’s EP(UK) Patent 2 263 965 for a control system for a telehandler.  The control system is designed to stop the telehandler becoming unstable by prevent...

Lidl v Tesco [2024] EWCA Civ 262

The Court of Appeal has just handed down its much anticipated judgment in Lidl v Tesco.  This was an appeal from the decisions of Mrs Justice Joanna Smith in [2023] EWHC 873 (Ch) (liability) and [2023] EWHC 1517 (Ch) (fo...

easyGroup Limited v Easy Live (Services) Limited & or [2023] EWCA Civ 1508

This was easyGroup’s appeal from decisions of Sir Anthony Mann in [2022] EWHC 3327 (Ch) . The judgment at first instance principally concerned easyGroup’s claims for trade mark infringement (which were largely unsuccessf...

NOCO v Shenzhen Carku [2023] EWCA Civ 1502

NOCO owned GB 2 257 858 (the “Patent”), concerning battery-powered car jump starters. Carku revoked the Patent on grounds of obviousness. Carku also alleged that statements made by NOCO to Amazon were actionable threats...

easyGroup Limited v Nuclei Limited & or [2023] EWCA Civ 1247

This was an appeal from the decision of Bacon J in [2022] EWHC 901 (Ch) dismissing easyGroup’s claim for infringement of its mark EASYOFFICE under s.10(1) and (2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 against Nuclei’s use (since 2...

Sycurio v PCI-Pal [2023] EWHC 2361 (Pat)

This was the trial of a claim for infringement of a patent relating to the secure processing of payments by telephone calls to a call centre.  The patent was addressed to a method for reducing fraud by blocking data sign...

TVIS Ltd V Howserv Services Ltd [2023] EWHC 2589 (Ch)

This was a claim for trade mark infringement, passing off and invalidity of the Defendant’s trade mark brought under the Shorter Trials Scheme.  The Claimant and the Defendants are both providers of pet insurance.  The C...

Astellas Pharma v Teva and Sandoz [2023] EWHC 2571 (Pat)

This was a claim for infringement of pharmaceutical Patent EP(UK) 2,345,410 for a modified release (“MR”) composition containing mirabegron. Mirabegron is used in the treatment of Overactive Bladder (OAB) syndrome. The P...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Oxford University Innovation Limited v Oxford Nanoimaging Limited [2022] EWHC 3200 (Pat)

Dispute over the ownership of IP created by a postgrad student at Oxford University. A postgrad, Mr Jing, was given the task of developing a compact fluorescent microscope by the University’s physics department pending a...

easyGroup Limited v Easy Live (Services) Limited & or [2022] EWHC 3327 (Ch)

This case is the latest chapter in the series of trade mark infringement and passing off cases that easyGroup has brought in recent years against various parties who trade under names including the word “easy”. These Def...

S3D v Oovee [2022] EWCA Civ 1665

This was an appeal in an arbitration claim. The appellant and respondent were parties to an arbitration conducted under LCIA Rules, where Oovee’s principal claim was for unpaid royalties under a licence agreement relatin...

Philip Morris Products, SA v Nicoventures Trading Ltd & Anr [2022] EWCA Civ 1638

This was an appeal against the decision of Marcus Smith J that four patents for “heat not burn” tobacco products were invalid for obviousness. Philip Morris, the patentee, contended that the Judge had erred in his constr...

Lappet Manufacturing Company v London Textile Industries [2022] EWHC 2158 (Ch)

In this short judgment on costs and consequentials, Adam Johnson J considered the guideline hourly rates for solicitors in specialist intellectual property proceedings, observing the need for a “clear and compelling just...

Shenzhen Carku v NOCO [2022] EWHC 2034 (Pat)

NOCO owns GB 2 257 858 (the “Patent”), which concerns battery-powered car jump starters. Carku sought revocation of the Patent on grounds of obviousness over three prior art citations: Richardson, Krieger and a manual fo...

Sandoz and Teva v BMS and Pfizer [2022] EWHC 1831 (Pat)

Apixaban, trade name ELIQUIS, is a successful drug for treating thromboembolic disorders. This trial concerned four patents relating to formulations of apixaban (the “Patents”), all from the same family having priority d...

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Limited & others v Warner-Lambert Company LLC [2022] EWHC 1856 (Ch)

This interim decision was concerned with the appropriate terms of a ‘confidentiality ring’ for the purposes of disclosure of documents containing confidential information in the course of litigation.  The particular ques...

J C Bamford v Manitou BF [2022] EWHC 1724 (Pat)

Trial of an action for infringement of three patents relating to the control systems for telehandlers (machines widely used in the building industry and agriculture for moving and lifting loads) which were designed to co...

Lisa Dräxlmaier GmbH v BOS GmbH & Co. KG [2022] EWHC 1642 (Pat)

This was an application for expedition of a hearing which would address an application for expedition of a STS trial in the Patents Court. The Defendant’s patent, EP(UK) 3,266,631 (the “Patent”), concerns sun blinds f...

Lappet Manufacturing Company v London Textile Industries [2022] EWHC 1412 (Ch)

The principal issue concerned the applicability to a claim for trade mark infringement of the prohibition in paragraph 2.1 of Practice Direction 7A against issuing low-value claims in the High Court: “Proceedings (whethe...

Neurim v Mylan [2022] EWCA Civ 699

In these proceedings the Claimants allege infringement by Mylan of European Patent (UK) No. 3 103 443 (“EP443”). EP443 is a second medical use patent which (as unconditionally proposed to be amended) claims the use of a...

Lifestyle Equities CV v Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club and others [2022] EWHC 1244 (Ch); [2022] FSR 22

This is one of many actions brought by these claimants for infringement of their registered trade marks for the mark BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB with a polo player logo and passing off. At the PTR for the trial (which took p...

ABP Technology v Voyetra Turtle Beach [2022] EWCA Civ 594

This was an appeal of a case management decision to allow certain amendments to a statement of case in a trade mark infringement claim. Both sides use the mark STEALTH in relation to headphones for computer gaming. The C...

Novartis AG v (1) Teva UK, (2) Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK), and others [2022] EWHC 959 (Ch)

Novartis is the owner of a patent application covering the use of the pharmaceutical ‘fingolimod’ (which Novartis sells under the brand name ‘Gilenya’) for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis.  With the end of...

CommScope v SOLiD Technologies [2022] EWHC 769 (Pat)

This was a patent infringement action relating to digital antenna systems (“DAS”). The patent was for a digital DAS, in which the internal handling of the analogue RF signals is digitised. The judge, Mellor J, criticised...

Anan Kasei v Neo [2022] EWHC 708 (Ch)

An inquiry into damages was ordered following the finding of infringement by Neo of Rhodia’s patent for high surface area (“HSA”) cerium oxide, a product used in the manufacture of catalyst systems for vehicle exhausts. ...

Hand Held Products, Inc. v Zebra Technologies Europe Limited & ors [2022] EWHC 640 (Ch)

This patent infringement / invalidity action concerns bar code scanning and imaging technology. The claimants are part of the Honeywell group of companies; the defendants part of the Zebra group. The claimants sued Zebra...

Gnat and Company Limited & anr v West Lake East Limited & anr [2022] EWHC 319 (IPEC)

This was a dispute between two restaurant businesses.  The Claimants' group has operated the “China Tang” Cantonese restaurant at the Dorchester Hotel in London since 2005.  The Defendants had operated a Chinese takeaway...

Neurim v Mylan [2022] EWHC 109 (Pat)

In these proceedings, Neurim alleges that Mylan infringe European Patent (UK) 3,103,443 (the Divisional).  In previous proceedings, started in 2020 (the 2020 Action), Neurim sued Mylan for infringement of European Patent...

Lufthansa Technik AG v Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems & others [2022] EWCA Civ 20

The appeal concerned Lufthansa’s patent for an aircraft passenger in-seat power supply system.  The three defendants Astronics, Panasonic and Safran, were responsible for manufacturing such systems, supplying them, and i...

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