Cases

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Year: 2008 [clear]

FA Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure & Ors

Copyright - Broadcasts - s.298, Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Infringement of copyright - Directives 98/84/EC, 89/552/EEC, 93/83/EEC, 2001/29/EC - Competition law - Articles 28, 49, 81, EC Treaty - Reference to European Court of Justice - Article 234, EC Treaty - Territorial licences - Decoders - Football matches - Use of non-UK decoders to received broadcasts of football matches in UK pubs

[2008] EWHC 1411 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Kitchin J

Patel v Allos Therapeutics Inc

Domain names - Trade marks - Registration of domain name with intent to use a protest site - No active use - UDRP - Order to transfer domain name to trade mark owner - Whether breach of registrant's rights under European Convention on Human Rights - Defamation - Malicious falsehood - Harassment - Wrongful threats - s.21, Trade Marks Act 1994

Claim no. HC07C01730 - Chancery Division

Judge Sonia Proudman QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge

O2 Holdings Ltd & Anor v Hutchison 3G UK Ltd (ECJ)

Trade mark - Infringement - Comparative advertising - Art 5, Trade Marks Directive – Art 3a(1), Comparative Advertising Directive – Reference to ECJ - Right to prevent use of sign identical or similar to registered mark — Whether extending to use of sign in comparative advertising

Case C-533/06; [2008] WLR (D) 193 - European Court of Justice

Judge President of Chamber Jann, Judges Tizzano, Borg Barthet, Ilešiè and Levits

Fisher v Brooker & Onward Music (CA)

Copyright - Musical work - Joint authorship - Composition of song - Delay - Acquiescence - Laches - Proprietary estoppel - Impossibility of fair trial - Assignment - Contract - Unfairness - Remedies - Declaratory relief - Ownership

[2008] EWCA Civ 287 - Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Judge Mummery LJ, David Richards J, and Sir Paul Kennedy

Balan v Moldova

Human rights - Photographs - Protocol 1, Article 1, ECHR - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions - State use of private property - Unauthorised use of photographs - Photographer's right to compensation

Application no. 19247/03 - European Court of Human Rights

Judge Bratza J and Casadevall, Bonello, Traja, Pavlovschi, Šikuta and Hirvelä JJ

Astron Clinica Ltd & Ors v Comptroller General

Patents - Software - Patentability of software - UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) practice - Substantive inventive contribution

[2008] EWHC 85 (Pat) - Chancery Division (Patents Court)

Judge Kitchin J

FA Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure & Ors

Copyright - Broadcasts - ss.298, 299 Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Competition law - Article 81, EC Treaty - Infringement of copyright - Territorial licences - Decoders - Football matches - Use of non-UK decoders to received broadcasts of football matches in UK pubs

[2008] EWHC 44 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Barling J