NIPC Law

Author Abhishekptlbbk Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Court of Appeal ( Lord Justice Nugee, Lady Justice Elizabeth Laing and Lord Justice Birss) J C Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and Another [ 2024] EWCA Civ 276 (22 March 2024) In  JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 1724 (Pat) (04 July 2022), JC Bamford Excavators Ltd  ("JCB") sued Manitou UK Ltd and Manitou BF SA ("Manitou") for patent infringement.  Manitou counterclaimed for revocation of JCB's patents. Manitou.  The action and counterclaim came on before His Honour Judge Hacon who held that one of JCB's patents was valid and infringed but revoked the rest. I discussed His Honour's judgment in  Patents - J C Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd   on 7 March 2023. The Appeal JCB appealed against the revocation of European patent 2 263 965 B9 for a Method of Operating a Working Machine (“EP 965”) with Judge Hacon's permissi...

Author ERab123   Licence CC BY-SA 4.0   Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Lord Justice Arnold and Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing) JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another [2023] EWCA Civ 840 (17 July 2023) This is an important case on the law of confidence and trade secrets as well as Patent Court Practice.  In   JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another  [2022] EWHC 1724 (Pat) (4 July 2022) which I discussed in  Patents - J C Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd   on 7 March 2023 the defendants, Manitou UK Ltd. and Manitou BF SA ("Manitour"), disclosed information relating to the configuration of the control system of their telehandlers  to a group of nominated lawyers and experts from both parties known as "a confidentiality club ". The reason Manitou limited their disclosure to that group was explained by their solicitor: "Manitou should be entitled to prot...

  Author Abhishekptlbbk   Licence CC BY-SA 4.0   Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Patents Court (HH Judge Hacon)  JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 1724 (Pat) (4 July 2022) This was a claim by J C Bamford Excavators ("JCB") against Manitou UK Ltd and its French holding company Manitou BF SA ("Manitou") for patent infringement and a counterclaim by Manitou for revocation of the patents in suit.   Those patents were  EP 1 532 065 B2 for a Control system for a load handling apparatus     (“EP 065”), EP 2 263 965 B9 for a Method of Operating a Working Machine   (“EP 965”), EP 2 616 382 B3 for a Controller for use with a machine, machine including said controller, and method for controlling a machine  (“EP 382”) and UK Patent No. GB 2 390 595 B for a Control system for a machine (“GB 595”). The action and counterclaim came on for trial before His Honour Judge Hacon between 15 and 18 and 24 and 25 ...