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FRAND - Panasonic Holdings Corporation v Xiaomi Technology UK Ltd.

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Author  Basher Eyre #   Lixnxw  CC BY-SA 2. 0 Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Moylan, Arnold and Phillips)  Panasonic Holdings Corporation v Xiaomi Technology UK Ltd and others [2024] EWCA Civ 1143 (3 Oct 2024) On 31 July 2023, Panasonic Holdings Corporation ("Panasonic") issued proceedings against Xiaomi Technology UK Ltd., its holding and two associated companies (Xiaomi) for declarations that certain of its patents were essential to one or more ETSI telecommunications standards, that they had been infringed by Xiaomi, that the terms on which it was willing to license patents were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory ("FRAND") or could become FRAND after some adjustments and injunctions against Xianomi if those companies rejected those terms.  On 8 Nov 2024 after a hearing before Mr Justice Meade his lordship ordered a 10 to 15-day trial to be listed in October 2024 limited to the determination of the terms of the court-determined licence and stay
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Trade Marks and Passing off - easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd.

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succ   Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justic Fancourt)  easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 2323 (Ch) (11 Sept 2024) This was a number of claims and counterclaims between the claimant,  easyGroup Ltd   ("easyGroup"), and the defendants, Easyfundraising Ltd , ("EFL"), The Support Group (UK) Ltd., Ian Woodroffe ("Mr Woodroffe") and Palatine Private Equity Ltd ("Palatine"). The claims were for trade mark infringement and passing off. The counterclaims were for revocation and invalidity of easyGroup's marks. The Parties easyGroup administers or licenses the use of trade marks consisting of the adjective word "easy" which is usually in lowercase letters followed by the description of a business activity beginning with a capital letter as in easyJet, easy easyHotel or easyRentacar.  easyGroup owns and manages a large number of those marks which are used by its associate companies. EFL describes itself as "
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