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Sleeman v Panchaud

Defamation -- Injunctions - Without Notice Injunctions - Bonnard v Perryman - Practice & Procedure - s.110 Patents Act 1997 - Unauthorised Claim of Patent Rights

- Queen's Bench Division

Judge Mr Justice Tugendhat

Sportswear SpA & Four Marketing Ltd v Stonestyle Ltd (CA)

Trade marks - Infringement - Defence - Trade Marks Act 1994, s.12 - Goods distributed within EEA with consent of owner - Competition law - EC Treaty, Art 81 - Anti-competitive agreements - Striking out

[2006] EWCA Civ 380; [2007] FSR 2 - Court of Appeal

Judge Waller, Longmore and Lloyd LJJ

Synthon BV v SmithKline Beecham plc

Patents – Enabling disclosure – Novelty – State of the art – Patent invalid by reason of prior disclosure which, if performed, would infringe the patent – Anti-depressants – Crystalline form – Patents Act 1977, ss. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 14

[2005] UKHL 59; [2006] 1 All ER 685; [2006] RPC 10; (2005) 86 BMLR 130 - House of Lords

Judge Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood

Sales v Stromberg & others

Unregistered designs – Breach of Confidence – Passing Off – Designs Based on Simple Geometric Shapes – Originality Test –s.213(4) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988

[2005] EWHC 1624 (Ch); [2006] FSR 7 - Chancery Division

Judge Roger Wyand QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)

Société des produits Nestlé SA v Mars UK Ltd

Trade marks – Directive 89/104/EEC – Absence of distinctive character – Distinctive character acquired through use – Use as part of or in conjunction with a registered trade mark

C-353/03 - European Court of Justice (Second Chamber)

Judge Timmermans (President), Silva de Lapuerta, Gulmann (Rapporteur), Kûris and Arestis (Judges)

Sony v Ball

Copyright - Copyright-protection - Circumvention - CDPA 1988, s.296 - 'infringing copies' - 'sole intended purpose' - CDPA 1988, ss.296ZA-ZD

[2004] EWHC 1738 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Laddie J

Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd v Alfred McAlpine plc

Intellectual Property- Passing off - Company names - Shared goodwill - Misrepresentation - Confusion

[2004] EWHC 630 (Ch); [2004] All ER (D) 579 (Mar) - Chancery Division

Judge Mann J

Sony Computer Entertainment v Owen

Intellectual property - Copyright - Infringement - Injunction - Additional Statutory Damages - s.97(2) Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24

[2002] EWHC 45 (Ch); [2002] EMLR 34 - Chancery Division

Judge Jacob J