NIPC Law

  Kidney Stone Author  Robert R Wal  Licence  Public Domain       Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon) Well Lead Medical Co Ltd v CJ Medical Ltd [2025] EWHC 492 (IPEC) (7 March 2025) This was an action by Well Lead Medical Co Ltd. ("Well Lead") against CJ Medical Ltd ("CJ Medical") for the infringement of EP (UK) 3 760 143 B1 and a counterclaim by CJ Medical for the revocation of that patent under s.72 (1) (a) and (d) of the Patents Act 1977. The action and counterclaim were trued by His Honour Judge Hacon on 3 and 4 Feb 2025.  His Honour handed down judgment on 7 March 2025 (see Well Lead Medical Co Ltd v CJ Medical Ltd [2025] EWHC 492 (IPEC) (7 March 2025)).  By para [150] of his judgment, the learned judge held that claim 3 was valid and infringed but claim 1 was invalid for obviousness. Interim Injunctive Proceedings I have previously discussed Charlotte May KC's judgment in Well Lead Medical Co Lt...

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 speci...