NIPC Law

Lufthansa Technik's Hangar at Frankfurt Airport Author Franzffm   Licence CC BY-SA 3.0   Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Leech) Lufthansa Technik AG v Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems and Another [2025] EWHC 375 (Pat) (21 Feb 2025) Lufthansa Technik AG v Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems and Another (Re Interest) [2025] EWHC 1034 (Pat) (30 April 2025) This was a proceeding known as an "account of profits".  Its purpose was to determine the profits that Astronics Advanced Electronics Systems ("Astronics"), Safran Seats GB Zodiac Seats UK Limited ("Safran") and Panasonic Avionics Corp ("Panasonic") had gained from infringing  European Patent (UK) 0 881 145 B1  ("the patent"). The transcript of the proceeding was very long, consisting of 693 paragraphs and an appendix. The Actions  The account was the second stage of actions that Lufthansa Technik AG ("Lufthabsa") had launched again...

Nucleus of 103P/Hartley as imaged during a spacecraft flyby Author NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD  Licence Public Domain  Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Patents Court (Michael Tappin KC)  Thaler v The Comptroller -General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2025] EWHC 2202 (Ch) (1 Sept 2025) DABUS stands for "Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience".  According to its creator, Stephen Thaler , DABUS invented a new kind of food or beverage container and a new kind of light beacon and a new way of attracting attention in an emergency. Dr Thaler has tried to obtain patents for DABUS's inventions but he has not had much success outside South Africa. That is because most of the world's intellectual property offices , including our own, require an inventor to be a natural person.  I have written a lot of articles about DABUS and Dr Thaler's patent applications.  Readers are referred to Artificial Intelligence -The DABUS Decisions ,...

Omalizumab structure Authors  Manav Segal, Jeffrey R Stokes, Thomas B. Casale Licence CC BY 2,5 Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Patents Court (HH Judge Hacon)  Celltrion Inc v Genentech, Inc and another [2025] EWHC 174 (Pat) (30 Jan 2025)   This was an action by Celltrion Inc ("Celltrion") for the revocation of European patent (UK)  3 805 248 B1  for a "Process for concentration of antibodies and therapeutic products thereof" ("the patent") held by Genentech Inc ("Genentech") and Novartis AG ("Novartis") and a counterclaim by Genentech and Novartis against Celltrion and its UK subsidiary for infringement.  The action and counterclaim were tried by His Honour Judge Hacon between 24 Oct 2024 and 1 Nov 2024.  The learned judge delivered judgment on 30 Jan 2025 (see  Celltrion Inc v Genentech, Inc and another  [2025] EWHC 174 (Pat) (30 Jan 2025)).  By para [193] of his judgment, he found that the patent was valid and infringed. Th...

Jane Lambert Patents Court  (HH Judge Hacon)  Philip Morris Products SA and another v Nicoventures Trading Ltd and another  [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat) (25 Oct 2023) This was a claim by Philip Morris Products SA and Philip Morris Limited ("PMI") for the revocation of European patent (UK) 3 367 830 B1  ("EP830") and a counterclaim by Nicoventures Trading Limited and British American Tobacco (Investments)  Limited ("BAT") for the infringement of that patent.  There was also an application by BAT to amend the patent and an application by PMI for an Arrow declaration. These proceedings came on for trial before His Honour Judge Hacon sitting as a judge of the High Court between 21 and 23 and on 27 and 28 Sept, 2023.  The learned judge delivered judgment on 25 Ocr 2023 (see  Philip Morris Products SA and another v Nicoventures Trading Ltd and another [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat) (25 Oct 2023)). By para [216] of his judgment he dismissed the counterclaim....