NIPC Law

UK Supreme Court Author:  Dietmar Rabich   Licence:  CC BY-SA 4.0   Source:  Wikimedia Commo n s Jane Lambert Supreme Court (Lord Sales (Deputy President), Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows and Lord Kitchin)  Tesla, Inc and another v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc and others [2026] UKSC 27 (27 July 2026) This was an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in  Tesla Inc and another v IDAC Holdings Inc and Others [2025] EWCA Civ 193 (6 March 2025) to dismiss the appeal by Tesla Inc and Tesla Motors Ltd. ("Tesla") against Mr Justice Fancourt's order refusing service of process outside the jurisdiction in Tesla, Inc and Another v Idac Holdings, Inc and others [2024] EWHC 1815 (Ch) (15 July 2024).   The key issue was whether the courts of England and Wales had jurisdiction to decide a dispute concerning the terms of a licence to use a standard essential patent ("SEP") in circumstances where the claim was brought by an impl...

Author  Tiia Monto   Licence CC BY-SA 3.0   Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Supreme Court (Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows and Lord Stephens)  Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB [2026] UKSC 4 (11 Feb 2026) This was an appeal by Oatly AB ("Oatly") against the decision of the Court of Appeal in Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB [2024] EWCA Civ 1453 (29 Nov 2024) to set aside that of Mr Justice Richard Smith in  Oatly AB v Dairy UK Ltd [2023] EWHC 3204 (Ch) (14 Dec 2023) and restore the decision of Mrs Judi Pike on behalf of the Registrar of Trade Marks in Dairy UK Ltd v Oatley AB BL O/0049/23 17 Jan 2023. The Mark The mark in suit was POST MILK GENERATION which Oatley registered as a UK trade mark under trade mark number UK3445440  for  T-shirts in class 25,  oat‐based drinks as milk substitutes, oat‐based yoghurt substitute, oat‐based crème fraiche, oat‐based cooking cream and creamer in class 29,  oat‐based vanilla sauce ...

  Jane Lambert UK Supreme Court (Lords Hodge, Briggs, Hamblen and Stephens and Lady Rose)    Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another [2025] UKSC 25 (24 Jun 2025) This was an appeal by Dream Pairs Europe Inc. and Top Glory Trading Group Inc. ("Dream Pairs") against the Court of Appeal's judgment in  Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another   [2024] EWCA Civ 29, [2024] RPC 10 which I discussed in Trade Marks - Iconix's Appeal on 5 Feb 2025.  The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL ("Iconix") against Mr Justice Miles's dismissal of Iconix's claim for trade mark infringement under s.10 (2) and (3)  of the Trade Marks Act 1994 in    Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another   [2023] RPC 15, [2023] EWHC 706 (Ch). I wrote about Mr Justice Miles's judgment in  Trade Marks - Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream ...