Disclosure and Security for Costs - Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Mellor) Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 2826 (Pat) (22 Oct 2021) In Disclosure - Anan Kasei Co. Ltd v Neo Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd I discussed a case in which Mr Justice Mellor refused to relax restrictions on highly confidential material that had been disclosed for external eyes only ("EEO"). EEO essentially means a party's solicitors and counsel but not the party itself. In Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 2826 (Pat) (22 Oct 2021), the same judge reached an opposite decision even though he applied the same guidelines. The application for the relaxation of EEO restrictions was one of two applications by Huawei Technologies (UK) Ltd. ("HTUK"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The other application was for an order for the claimant, Godo ...