NIPC Law

Author Edward Hards   Licence CC BY-SA 4.0   Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Melissa Clarke)  Morley's (Fast Foods) Ltd v Sivakumar and others [2024] EWHC 1369 (IPEC) (10 June 2024) This is one of the first accessory liability cases since the Supreme Court's judgment in Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Ahmed and Another [2024] UKSC 17 on 15 May 2024 which I discussed in  Trade Marks: Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed   on 2 June 2024 and in Another Beverly Hills Polo Club Appeal   in NIPC Branding on 4 June 2024.   The claimant is the franchisor of the Morley's chain of fast food outlets which operate mainly in London.  The seventh defendant, Kunalingam Kunatheeswaran, franchises a competing fast food chain called "Metro's".  The other defendants were his franchisees  The claimant complained that  Metro's signage infringed its trade marks and misrepresented a connection with Morley's business.  It

Author Satoshi Nakamoto Source Wikimedia   Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Mellor)  Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright [2024] EWHC 1198 (Ch) (20 May 2024 ) Bitcoin was the world's first cryptocurrency , a digital currency that does not depend on a government, bank or other central institution to function.  It is said to have been created by one Satoshi Nakamoto . Nobody knows the identity of that person or even whether that person is a single individual or a team.  An  Australian computer scientist called Craig Steven Wright  ("Dr Wright") claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto but his claim has been disputed by an organization called the Crypto Open Patents Alliance ("COPA") . By an action instituted on 9 April 2023, COPA alleged that Dr Wright was not  Sakamoto. Other Proceedings Dr Wright and two companies that he controlled called Wright International Investments Ltd. and Wright International Investments UK Ltd. responded by issuing passing-off proceed