NIPC Law

  Author Abhishekptlbbk   Licence CC BY-SA 4.0   Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Patents Court (HH Judge Hacon)  JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 1724 (Pat) (4 July 2022) This was a claim by J C Bamford Excavators ("JCB") against Manitou UK Ltd and its French holding company Manitou BF SA ("Manitou") for patent infringement and a counterclaim by Manitou for revocation of the patents in suit.   Those patents were  EP 1 532 065 B2 for a Control system for a load handling apparatus     (“EP 065”), EP 2 263 965 B9 for a Method of Operating a Working Machine   (“EP 965”), EP 2 616 382 B3 for a Controller for use with a machine, machine including said controller, and method for controlling a machine  (“EP 382”) and UK Patent No. GB 2 390 595 B for a Control system for a machine (“GB 595”). The action and counterclaim came on for trial before His Honour Judge Hacon between 15 and 18 and 24 and 25 ...

  Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon)  Kwikbolt Ltd v Airbus Operations Ltd [2021] EWHC 732 (IPEC) (25 March 2021) This was an action for an injunction, damages and other relief against aerospace manufacturer Airbus Operations Ltd, for patent infringement. There was also a counterclaim by Airbus for revocation of the patent on grounds of lack of novelty, obviousness and insufficiency. The action and counterclaim came on for trial before His Honour Judge Hacon between 9 and 12 Feb 2021. In  Kwikbolt Ltd v Airbus Operations Ltd [2021] EWHC 732 (IPEC) (25 March 2021) His Honour held that the patent was valid but that it had not been infringed.  The Patent The patent in suit is GB2455635B .  It was granted for a removable blind fastener.  The title might suggest that the invention has something to do with window blinds in an aircraft  cabin, In fact  "'Blind' is a term of art in the context of fasteners, meaning that...