NIPC Law

Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Arnold, Lady Justice Elizabeth Laing and Lord Justice Warby) Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co. Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 532 (8 May 2026) This was an appeal by Bargain Busting Ltd ("BBL") against an interim injunction restraining threats of trade mark infringement proceedings granted by Mr Justice Miles (as he then was) on 27 May 2025 on the application of Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd ("SKE") for the reasons he gave in  Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd and others [2025] EWHC 1239 (Ch) (21 May 2025).  I discussed that judgment in  Threats Actions - Bargain Busting v Shenzhen Technology   on 29 May 2925. Background The claimant, BBL was the registered proprietor of UK trade marks UK00003235344  ("344") and UK00003534551  ("551"), which the defendant, SKE, challenged on the grounds of non-use and invalidity. BBL also applied to register CRYSTAL BAR as a trade mark under ...

Latvia from Space Author  S eaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE Public Domain   Source     Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Arnold and Nugee and Lady Justice Falk) Playtech Software Ltd v Realtime SIA and another [2025] EWCA Civ 1472 (21 Nov 2025) This was an appeal by Realtime SIA ("Realtime") and Igors Veliks ("Mr Veliks") against Mr Justice Thompsell's order of 24 Jan 2025 dismissing their challenge to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in respect of claims for alleged breach of confidence and copyright infringement made by  Playtech Software Ltd ("Playtech") for the reasons given in his judgment in Playtech Software Ltd and another v Games Global Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 3264 (Ch) of18 Dec 2024. The Parties Playtech is a member of a group of companies that designs, develops and supplies online gambling games and associated software.   Another member of the group is a Latvian com...

Jane Lambert Immediately to the west of China, the Republic of Kazakhstan straddles Europe and Asia. It was therefore logical for the President of China to announce the project now known as the Belt Road Initiative ("QBRI") to build new road, rail, power and telecommunications links between China and Europe on a visit to that country in 2013 (see  President Xi Jinping delivers speech at Nazarbayev University   9 Sept 2013 YouTube). The construction and maintenance of those transport and communications links across Kazakhstan will require enormous investment from China and other countries.  It is likely that disputes will arise from time to time and a forum will be required for their resolution. The Supreme People's Court of China offers The China International Commercial Court  at X'ian and Shenzhen but the proceedings are in Chinese before Chinese judges and are determined in accordance with Chinese law.  Not every foreign investor, contractor o...