NIPC Law

Munich Law Courts Author Berthold Werner   Licence CC BY -S A 3.0   Source Wikipedia Commons   Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Meade) Amazon.com Inc and others v Interdigital VC Holdings Inc and others [2025] EWHC 3170 (Pat) (2 Dec 2025) This was an application by InterDigital VC Holdings Inc., InterDigital Inc., InterDigital Madison Patents Holdings SAS, InterDigital Patents Holdings Inc. and InterDigital CE Holdings SAS ( "InterDigital" ) to set aside or, alternatively, vary the ex parte interim anti-anti-suit injunction that Mr Justice Meade had granted to the claimants, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon  Digital UK Ltd., Amazon Europe Core SARL, Amazon EU SARL and Amazon Technologues Inc ( "Amazon ") on 20 Oct 2025 and continued on 30 Oct 2025.  The reason why his lordship made that order is that the Munich regional court ("Landgericht München I") and the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court had each granted  ex parte injunctions to ...

Author RickDikeman   Licence CC BY-SA 3.0   Source Wikimedia Commons     Jane Lambert Patents Court (David Stone) Networld Sports Ltd v Quick Play Sport Ltd [2026] EWHC 1295 (Ch) (1 June 2026) This was an appeal by Networld Sports Ltd ("Networld") against the decision of Dr Benjamin Micklewright on behalf of the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks of 14 Oct 2025 not to revoke claims 1 and 10 of  European patent (UK) 2 146 786 B1  on grounds of anticipation and obviousness.  The appeal was heard by Mr David Stone sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court on 9 March 2026.  Mr Stone handed down his judgment on 1 June 2026.  By para [43] of his judgment in  Networld Sports Ltd v Quick Play Sport Ltd [2026] EWHC 1295 (Ch) (1 June 2026), he dismissed Networld's appeal. The Invention The title of the patent was "Goal Apparatus".   It consisted of a  frame,  first and second flexible ...