Cases

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Year: 2005 [clear]

Polydor & Ors v Brown & Ors

Copyright - Making available - ss.16(1)(d) & 20 Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Internet - Music - File-sharing - Peer-to-peer software - Ignorance of distribution - Summary judgment - Real prospect of success

[2005] EWHC 3191 (Ch); (2006) 26(3) IPD 29021 - Chancery Division

Judge Lawrence Collins J

Brown v Mcasso Music Productions Ltd

Costs - Discretion - Part 36 Offers - Refusal to Negotiate - Copyright - Appeal from Patents County Court

[2005] EWCA Civ 1546; [2006] EMLR 26 - Court of Appeal

Judge Scott Baker & Neuberger LJJ

Taylor v Rive Droit Music Ltd

Music law - Contract - Music publishing agreement - Contradictory and inconsistent terms - Duration of agreement - Infringement - Meaning of 'composition' - Implied terms  - Positive and negative obligations - Unlawful interference with goods - Allegations of dishonesty

[2005] EWCA Civ 1300; [2006] EMLR 52 - Court of Appeal

Judge Chadwick, Latham, and Neuberger 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

Global Projects Management Ltd & Anor v Citigroup Inc & Ors

Domain Names – Infringement – Passing off - Trade marks – Maintenance of Domain an Instrument of Fraud – Cybersquatting - ss.10(3) and 21 Trade Marks Act 1994 – Summary Judgment

[2005] EWHC 2663 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Park J

Clearsprings Management Ltd v Businesslinx Ltd

Copyright - Assignment - Databases - Equitable ownership - Implied licences - Implied terms - Source codes

[2005] EWHC 1487 (Ch); [2006] FSR 3 - Chancery Division

Judge Christopher Floyd QC (Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)

GMG Radio Holdings v Tokyo Project Ltd

Passing off - Confusion - Artwork - Get-up - Injunction - Serious issue for trial - Balance of justice - Damages adequate remedy

[2005] EWHC 2188 (Ch); [2006] FSR 15; (2006) 29(1) IPD 29002 - Chancery Division

Judge Kitchin J

Wistbray Ltd v Creative Nature Ltd

Trade marks - Infringement - s.10(2)(b) Trade Marks Act 1994 - Summary judgment - Similarity between word mark and pictorial sign - Likelihood of confusion

[2005] EWHC 2072 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Blackburne J

Laboratoires Goëmar SA v La Mer Technology Inc

Trade marks - Genuine use - Non-use - Revocation - Importation - Internal use - s.46 Trade Marks Act 1994

[2005] EWCA Civ 978; [2006] FSR 5 - Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Judge Mummery and Neuberger LJJ, Black J

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)

London General Holdings v USP Holdings plc

Copyright - Breach of Confidence - Causation of Damage - Assessment of Reasonable Notional Royalty

[2005] EWCA Civ 931; [2006] FSR 6; (2005) 28(10) IPD 28073 - Court of Appeal

Judge Waller, Laws & Jacob LJJ

British Horse Racing Board v William Hill Organization Ltd

Database rights - Meaning of substantial investment in obtaining verification or presentation of contents of database - Sport - Horseracing

[2005] EWCA Civ 863; [2005] RPC 35 - Court of Appeal

Judge Pill, Clarke and Jacob LLJ

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)

Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc v Grokster Ltd

USA - Copyright Infringement - Peer-to Peer Software - Liability for Third Parties' Infringement

27/06/2005 - Supreme Court of the United States of America

Judge Souter, Ginsberg, Kennedy, Breyer, Stevens, O'Connor JJ and Rehnquist CJ

Hyperion Records Ltd v Sawkins

Copyright - Musical works - Performing editions of non-copyright works - Subsistence of copyright - "Original" - "Musical" - s.3 CDPA 1988 - Infringement of copyright - Moral rights - Right to be identified as author - s.77 CDPA 1988

[2005] EWCA Civ 565; [2005] 1 WLR 3281; [2005] EMLR 688 - Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Judge Mummery, Mance and Jacob LJJ

Fraser-Woodward Ltd v BBC & Brighter Pictures Ltd

Copyright - Photographs - Fair dealing - Criticism and Review - Sufficient Acknowledgement - Incidental Inclusion

[2005] EWHC 472 (Ch); [2005] EMLR 487; [2005] FSR 36; [2005] 28(6) IPD 11; The Times, 15 April 2005 - Chancery Division

Judge Mann J

Experience Hendrix LLC v Purple Haze Records Ltd & Others

Copyright - CDPA 1988, ss.181, 206 - 'Qualifying performance' - Retrospective legislation - Rights of co-performers - Contractual assignment of rights - 'Controlling mind' of a company

[2005] EWHC 249 (Ch); [2005] EMLR 417 - Chancery Division

Judge Hart J

IPC Media Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Copyright - Comparative advertising - Comparative Advertising Directive - Fair dealing for purpose of criticism or review - s.30(1) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Fair dealing for the purpose of reporting current events - s. 30(2) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

[2005] EWHC 317 (Ch); [2005] EMLR 532; [2005] FSR 35 - Chancery Division

Judge Hart J