Why we needed to reform the Patents County Court: Deakin and National Guild
There are two new judgments from the Patents County Court on BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute): Deakin and Another (t/a Faith Image Source) v Card Rax Ltd and Others [2011] EWPCC 3 (1 Feb 2011) and National Guild Of Removers & Storers Ltd v Jones and Another ( t/as ATR Removals) [2011] EWPCC 4 (9 Feb 2011). Deakin Deakin was the trial of an action and counterclaim for damages for breach of contract with incidental copyright issues that had been brought under the old CPR Part 63 and Part 63 Practice Direction relating to designs for greetings cards. gift wrap paper and other stationery. There was a re-re amended particulars of claim and two amended defences which gave rise to 65 issues. The trial had taken place before His Honour Judge Fysh QC over 10 days of May, June and July 2010 and judgment was delivered on 1 Feb 2011. National Guild National Guild, by contrast, was an inquiry as to damages for trade mark infringement very similar to the s...