Use of Confidential Information Referred to in Court - JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd
Author ERab123 Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Lord Justice Arnold and Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing) JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another [2023] EWCA Civ 840 (17 July 2023) This is an important case on the law of confidence and trade secrets as well as Patent Court Practice. In JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 1724 (Pat) (4 July 2022) which I discussed in Patents - J C Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd on 7 March 2023 the defendants, Manitou UK Ltd. and Manitou BF SA ("Manitour"), disclosed information relating to the configuration of the control system of their telehandlers to a group of nominated lawyers and experts from both parties known as "a confidentiality club ". The reason Manitou limited their disclosure to that group was explained by their solicitor: "Manitou should be entitled to prot...