NIPC Law

Woolston Railway Station Artist Robert Sandham Licence CC BY 2,0   Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Melissa Clarke)  DW Windsor Ltd v Urbis Schreder Lt d [2025] EWHC 563 (IPEC) (14 March 2025) This was a claim by D W Windsor Ltd. ("DWW")  against Urbis Schréder Ltd  ("US") for the infringement of UK patents  GB 2 495 509 ("'509")  and GB 2 495 566 ("'566")  by the marketing and sale of Alinea Anti-Climb illuminated handrail and a counterclaim by US for the revocation of the patents on the grounds of want of novelty and obviousness. Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke tried the action and counterclaim on 17 and 18 Dec 2024 and handed down her judgment on 14 March 2025 (see  DW Windsor Ltd v Urbis Schreder Ltd  [2025] EWHC 563 (IPEC)).  In para [124] of her judgment, the learned judge found that claims 1, 6 and 8 (as dependent on claim 7 and claim 1) of '509 were valid and cl...

  Jane Lambert Patents Court (Ms Pat Treacy) Insulet Corporation v Roche Diabetes Care Ltd [2021] EWHC 1907 (Pat) (9 July 2021) This was a patent infringement claim with a patent revocation counterclaim. The patent in suit was EP (UK) 1 335 764  for a device and system for patient infusion.  The action and counterclaim came on before Ms Pat Treacy sitting as a judge of the High Court between 11 and 13 May 2021. She delivered judgment on 9 July 2021 (see Insulet Corporation v Roche Diabetes Care Ltd [2021] EWHC 1907). At para [452] of her judgment, she found that claim 2 of the patent had been anticipated by the PCT application known as "PhiScience".  At [525] she concluded that all claims other than claim 3 had been obvious over PhiScience but not over another PCT application known as "MiniMed."   At para [587] she held that all the claims in issue were invalid by reason of added matter.  Finally, she found that none of the claims in issue had been i...