H1 Patents — European Patents — Automotive simulation circuitry — Validity — Infringement — Secondary Infringement — Means essential — Construction — Common general knowledge — Mindset — Obviousness — Insufficiency — Amendment — Added matter — Statutory defence to damages and/or profits under s.62(3) of the Patents Act 1977 — Ownership — Assignments without consideration — Whether assignment ultra vires as an unlawful distribution — Effect of later confirmatory assignment — Pre-action conduct
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H1 Patents — European patents — Pharmaceuticals — Insomnia treatments — Melatonin — Validity — Concurrent proceedings before EPO — European Patent (UK) held valid by Patents Court — Patent later revoked by the EPO Technical Board of Appeal — Second action brought in relation to patent granted on divisional application — Preliminary issues — Issue estoppel — Winner’s appeals — Permission to appeal refused — Abuse of process — Competition law — Case management
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H1 Patents — European patents — Pharmaceuticals — Insomnia treatments — Melatonin — Exclusive licences — Contractual construction — Exclusivity in relation to part of a claim — Effect of contractual restrictions on entitlement to sue — Costs — Barrell jurisdiction — Concurrent proceedings before EPO — Patent held invalid by the EPO Opposition Division — European Patent (UK) held valid by Patents Court — Consequentials order made but not formally drawn up — Appeal to EPO Technical Board of Appeal withdrawn by patentee two days after consequentials order hearing — Patent treated as invalid ab initio — Appeal to Court of Appeal
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H1 Registered designs — Invalidity proceedings — Diamonds — Individual character — Informed user — Overall impression — Basis of assessment — Interpretation of registration — Comparison exercise — Component parts of complex products — Pleadings — Appeal to Appointed Person
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H1 Trade marks—Applications—Registrability—Distinctiveness—Acquired distinctive character—Ex parte proceedings—Survey evidence—The Interflora guidelines—Registry practice—Appeal to Appointed Person
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H1 Patents — Infringement — Geocomposites — Injunctions — Permanent injunctive relief granted at trial but stayed pending appeal — Appeal unsuccessful — New product not the subject of the infringement action — Pending DNI proceedings — Whether injunction should be stayed or modified in the interim
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H1 Patents — European Patents — Telecommunications — Standards essential patents — Infringement — Essentiality — Validity — Common general knowledge — Construction — Scope of Protection — Anticipation — Anticipation by equivalence — Obviousness — Workshop modifications — Proprietary estoppel — Acquiescence —”Inaction or silence — Reliance — Detriment — Telecommunications standards development processes and procedures — ETSI IPR policy — Construction — French law — Timing of declarations of essentiality — “Patent ambush” — Bona fide purchaser for value without notice
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H1 Registered designs—Invalidity proceedings—Castor wheels—Sets of articles—Wheels shown both with and without brakes—Interpretation of registration—Whether design of a product or complex product—Registry practice—Individual character—Overall impression—Basis of assessment—Prior art—Pleadings—Functional features—Appeal to Appointed Person
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H1 Trade Marks — European trade marks — REVOLAX — Invalidity — Bad faith — Application for registration made by UK exclusive distributor — Term of distributorship agreement that manufacturer owned the trade mark — Parallel imports from within the EU — Genuine goods — Importation — Threats
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