NIPC Law

UK Supreme Court By Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52871829   Jane Lambert Supreme Court ( Lords Reed (President), Lloyd-Jones, Kitchin, Hamblin and Burrows)  SkyKick UK Ltd and another  v Sky Ltd and others (Rev1) [2024] UKSC 36 (13 Nov2024) This was an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in  Sky Ltd and others v Skykick, UK Ltd and another (Rev2) [2021] EWCA Civ 1121 (26 July 2021) which I discussed in The Appeal - Sky v Skykick   on 10 Sept 2021. It was heard by Lords Reed, Lloyd-Jones, Kitchin, Hamblin and Burrows on 28 and 29 June 2023. Judgment allowing the appeal in part was handed down on 13 Nov 2024 (see SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and ot hers (Rev1) [2024] UKSC 36 (13 Nov 2024)).  While waiting for judgment to be delivered the parties settled their differences. The appellants applied with the respondents' agreement for leave to withdraw their appeal and the parties aske...

Royal Courts of Justice Author Anthony M Licence Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 generic Source Wikimedia Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lord Kitchin, Lord Justice Floyd and Sir Colin Rimer) Argos Ltd. v Argos Systems Inc.   [2018] EWCA Civ 2211 (9 Oct 208) "Can a US corporation selling construction software only in the Americas under the name ARGOS be sued for infringement of a registered trade mark by a UK based consumer goods retailer who trades mainly in the UK and Ireland under the same name?" asked Lord Justice Floyd at paragraph [1] of the Court of Appeal's judgment in  Argos Ltd v Argos Systems Inc [2018] EWCA Civ 2211 (09 October 2018).  His lordship added: "That the question even arises for serious consideration is a consequence of the developments in the European law of trade marks and of the revolution in commerce and advertising brought about by the internet." The Parties The "UK based consumer goods retailer...