NIPC Law

Victoria Plums Author Rasbak Source Wikipedia Creative Commons Licence Victoria Plum Ltd (t/a Victoria Plumb) v Victorian Plumbing Ltd and Others [2016] EWHC 2911 (Ch) (18 Nov 2016)  Mr Justice Henry Carr In this case, Victoria Plum Ltd . had registered the words VICTORIA PLUMB as a UK trade mark in relation to a range of goods and services in classes 11, 20 and 35 under trade mark number 3,066,332. The specified services include: "the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of…[bathroom items]… enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods… via a website." The question before Mr Justice Henry Carr was whether that trade mark was infringed by a process known as pay-per-click bidding. Pay-Per-Click Bidding Just about everyone who has ever used the internet will be familiar with Google, Yahoo and other search engines. Whenever a user wants to search the internet he or she enters search terms that the user thinks...

Author NuclearVaccum Source Wikipedia Creative Commons Licence AMS Neve Ltd and Others v Heritage Audio S.L. and Another   [2016] EWHC 2563 (IPEC) Mark Vallance Crabtree and Barnett Waddingham Trustees Limited are the registered proprietors of three trade marks for sound recording and processing equipment that are used by  AMS Neve Ltd . in its business. Two of those are UK trade marks and the third is an EU mark.  Heritage Audio SL  is a Spanish company that trades in audio equipment. AMS Neve and the trade mark proprietors have brought proceedings against Heritage Audio and its sole director, Pedro Rodriguez Arribas, in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court for trade mark infringement and passing off on the grounds that they have offered for sale and sold equipment by reference to signs confusingly similar to each of those marks in the United Kingdom and other places. Heritage and Mr Arribas applied for an order that the Engli...

Autho r Ac dx Source Wikipedia Creative Commons Licence Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Warner-Lambert Company LLC   [2016] EWCA Civ 1006 (13 Oct 2016) This was an appeal against two of Mr Justice Arnold's judgments. The first was his decision in  Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Warner-Lambert Company LLC   [2015] EWHC 2548 (Pat) which I discussed in  The Pregabalin Trial: Generics (UK) Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC   18 Sept 2015. The second was his refusal to allow Warner-Lambert to amend certain claims of its patent after trial in    Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Warner-Lambert Company LLC [2015] EWHC 3370 (Pat) on the ground that the application was an abuse of the process of the court. The Issues Lord Justice Floyd, who delivered the lead judgment on the appeal, identified the issues before the Court of Appeal as follows in the first paragraph of his judgment: "Firstly, did Arnold J correctly hold certain claims of...

Kerry Group's Headquarters in Tralee Author: Hajotthu Source: Wikipedia Creative Commons Licence Kerry Ingredients (UK) Ltd v Bakkavor Group Ltd and Others [2016] EWHC 2448 (Ch) (7 Oct 2016) Mr Justice Newey The issue in this case was whether a food manufacturer that had received secret information on the manufacture of edible infused oils from its supplier for health and safety and regulatory purposes only could use that information to develop its own range of infused oils. The Parties The claimant was a wholly owned subsidiary of Kerry Group Plc . The group describes itself as "the largest and broadest industry innovation and solutions provider in the global ingredients and flavours market." The Kerry Group produces more than 30 infused oils at its plant at Padiham near Burnley. Its main products, each of which is a clear liquid, are infused with mint, chilli, basil, lemon, garlic, rosemary or coriander. Those oils have a variety of ...

A wife complains to the Qadi about her husband's impotence Artist : Hamse-i Atai (18th century Ottoman miniature) Source Wikipedia Mr Justice Birss:  Actavis and Others v Eli Lilly and Anothe r [2016] EWHC 1955 (Pat) (10 Aug 2016)  Although it is not spelt out anywhere in the 492 paragraphs and annexes to Mr Justice Birss's judgment, this complicated litigation appears to have been an action by a group of generics suppliers led by the Icelandic company Actavis Group PTC EHF  for the revocation of European patent (UK)    1,173,181 entitled  Composition comprising phosphodiesterase inhibitors for the treatment of sexual dysfunction  and European patent (UK) 1,200,092  Beta-carboline drug products  and a counterclaim against two of those companies for patent infringement. No less than 4 separate actions were consolidated in a trial that took place between the 15 June and 1 July 2016. Judgment was de...

Handsam Ltd . describes itself as "a leading provider of online management systems, consultancy services and advice to both the business and education sectors." Its specialisms include health and safety management, policy writing and advice in all areas, security, fire, training and data protection. It has recently extended its online services to include a school trip planning system . Its systems claim to offer its clients guaranteed compliance, audit trails or chain of evidence collection and peace of mind for leaders, directors and managers. By an application dated the 15 July 2014 Handsam applied to register the following sign as a trade mark for the following goods and services. The specified goods and services were: Class 16: Magazines; Books; Leaflets; Printed guides; Printed manuals; Printed matter for educational purposes; Teaching materials for education; Printed matter for instructional purposes. Class 35: Business advice; Business management advisory s...