NIPC Law

Author   Scott Foresman Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Arnold) Freshasia Foods Ltd v Jing Lu    [2019] EWHC 638 (Ch) 20 March 2019 This was a claim by an employer against its former employee for breach of restrictive covenants in his contract of employment, breach of confidence and infringement of copyright and database right.  I have already mentioned the facts of this dispute in Restrictive Covenants - Freshasia Foods Ltd v Jing Lu   11 Jan 2019.  On that occasion, Mr Daniel Alexander QC had to consider the claimant's application for an interim injunction to restrain those alleged breaches and infringements until judgment in the action or further order.  On 7, 8 and 11 March 2019, this action came on before Mr Justice Arnold for trial. The Facts As  I set out the basic facts and the covenants relied upon in my previous case note, there is no need for me to repeat them  Only two witnesses gave evidence...

Author : Pearson Scott Foresman Reproduced with kind permission of the copyright owner Source  Wikipedia Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Daniel Alexander QC)  Freshasia Foods Ltd v Jing Lu [2018] EWHC 3644 (Ch) The first intellectual property judgment of the New Year is Mr Daniel Alexander QC's  decision in Freshasia Foods Ltd v Jing Lu [2018] EWHC 3644 (Ch) (4 Jan 2019).  The learned deputy judge seems to have made his order on 19 Dec 2018 after a hearing that had taken place the previous day but he delivered the reasons for his order on 4 Jan 2019. The Dispute Mr Alexander described  Freshasia Foods Ltd . ("Freshasia") as "a UK registered company which supplies food products, particularly dumplings and sliced meats, to Chinese retail shops and restaurants." He added that it has between 100 and 200 employees, a turnover in the millions of pounds and about 500 customers in total in the UK and the EU. He n...