NIPC Law

  Jane Lambert Patents Court (HH Judge Hacon)  Safestand Ltd v Weston Homes PLC and others [2023] EWHC 3250 (Pat) (19 Dec 2023) This was a claim by Safestand Limited ("Safestand") against Weston Homes Plc, Weston (Logistics) Limited. and Weston Group Limited ("the Weston companies" or "Weston") for patent and registered design infringement. There was also a counterclaim by Weston for revocation of the patents for obviousness and invalidation of the registered designs for want of unity and/or clarity and/or lack of novelty and/or individual character.  The action and counterclaim came before His Honour Judge Hacon sitting as a judge of the High Court between 8 and 19 June 2023.  He delivered judgment on 19 Dec 2023 (see Safestand Ltd v Weston Homes PLC and others [2023] EWHC 3250.  By para [254] of his judgment, he held that the patents were valid and infringed but the registered designs were invalid. The Patents Safestand's patents were  UK Patent No

Intellectual Property Office, Newport Crown Copyright  Open Govr Licence v.3.0   Source IPO website Jane Lambert The Intellectual Property Office  is an executive agency of the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology .  Its mission is "to help people grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation."  It set out its strategy for fulfilling that mission in its corporate report  IP for a creative and innovative UK Strategy 2024 to 2027   on 2 May 2024. Three Pillars In that report, the IPO stated that its contribution to growing the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation will be built on the following three pillars: High-quality, efficient and accessible services A policy of supporting innovation and the economy Delivery by a high-performing organization with skilled people connected by a shared purpose. High-quality, Efficient and Accessible Services The IPO pr

Kidney Stone Author Robert R Wal Licence Public Domain     Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Charlotte May KC)  Well Lead Medical Co Ltd v CJ Medical Ltd [2024] EWHC 951 (IPEC) (26 April 2024) This was an application by the claimant in a patent infringement action for an interim injunction  to restrain the marketing and supply in the United Kingdom of a  ureteral access sheath ( UAS ) under CPR 25.1 (1) (a).  The claimant sought that application on the ground that such marketing and sales would infringe EP (UK) 3 760 143 B1  for a suction evacuation device that is used to retrieve stones from a patient's body.  The application was heard by Charlotte May KC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court on 10 April 2024. By para [100] of her judgment in Well Lead Medical Co Ltd v CJ Medical Ltd [2024] EWHC 951 (IPEC) (26 April 2024), Miss May dismissed the application. Ownership of the  Patent According to the specification, the inventor and first owner of the pate