NIPC Law

  Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Mellor) Nador Cott Protection SAS v Asda Stores Ltd and another [2026] EWHC 553 (Pat) (12 March 2026) This was a claim by Nador Cott Protection SAS against ASDA Stores Ltd, and International Procurement and Logistics Ltd. for the alleged infringement of Plant Breeders' Right number 28016 by importing    Tang Gold oranges into the UK and retailing them to the British public.  The action came on for trial before Mr Justice Mellor on 25 and 26 Nov 2025.  By para [359]  of his judgment in  Nador Cott Protection SAS v Asda Stores Ltd and Another [2026] EWHC 553 (Pat), which he handed down on 12 March 2026, the learned judge dismissed the action. Issues His lordship set out the issues in the trial as follows: whether the Tang Gold fruit was a dependent variety of Nador Cott's ("the dependent variety issue"), and if it was whether Nador Cott Protection had lost its right of action because it  had  a rea...

The Rolls Building , L ocation of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Author Muhammad Karns, Judicial Office X feed Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon)  Edozo Ltd v Valos (UK) Ltd [2026] EWHC 93 (IPEC) (21 Jan 2026) This was an application by the claimant to strike out parts of the defendant's defence and counterclaim. The claimant had brought proceedings for a declaration of non-infringement of copyright, while the defendant counterclaimed for relief from infringement.     The claimant's application came before His Honour Judge Hacon on 15 Jan 2026.  By para [61] of his judgment in  Edozo Ltd v Valos (UK) Ltd [2026] EWHC 93 (IPEC) (21 Jan 2026), His Honour acceded to the application. The Parties The claimant was Edozo Ltd ( "Edozo" ) and the defendant was Valos (UK) Ltd . (" Valos ").  The judge described Edozo and Valos as "competitors in a market which...

Author TheBrickeninaGlory Licence CC BY-SA 3.0  Wikimedia Common s   J ane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Mr David Stome)  Cormeton Fire Protection Ltd v Pyrocel Ltd and another [2021] EWHC 2384 (IPEC) (26 Aug 2021) These were further proceedings in a dispute between parties that had once been closely associated but had subsequently fallen out over rights to use branding that they had previously shared.  There had already been a trial before Mr David Stone which I discussed in  Trade Marks - Cormeton Fire Protection Ltd v Cormeton Electronics Ltd.   on 13 Feb 2021.  Following his judgment in that case,  Mr Stone granted the claimant an injunction, orders for delivery up, disclosure of such information as the claimant might reasonably require to choose between an inquiry as to damages  ( Island Records  disclosure) and an account of profits and an inquiry or account ar the claimant's election (see para [3] of Mr Ston...

S tandard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications  came into force on 26 Feb 2020.  Art 29 (2) of the Act provides for it to enter into force three months after five eligible parties referred to in art 28 have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession.  That condition was satisfied on 26 Nov 2019 when the European Union deposited its instrument of accession with Francis Gurry, the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO")  (see WIPO press release  European Union Joins Geneva Act of WIPO’s Lisbon Agreement, Enabling Entry into Force  26 Nov 2019). The Geneva Act supplements the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration  of 15 Oct 1958 by providing for the registration of geographical indications  as well as appellations of origin and by making it possible f...

Standard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert The reaction of Brenda from Bristol to Mrs May's announcement of a snap election earlier this year made her an internet star.   There was a similar reaction to the government's introduction of a new Data Protection Bill last week and one can understand why.  Three statutes, one Council regulation and a directive in a little over 30 years for the processing of personal data is quite a lot of legislation - especially for an activity that the United States leaves largely unregulated. The Younger Report  Towards the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, concern was expressed in a number of countries about the power of computers to gather, collate and disseminate personal information. In the UK, such concerns were referred to a committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Younger  that had been appointed to consider privacy.  In its report - the Younger Committee Report on Privacy 1972 (Cmnd 5012) - the committee found no...