NIPC Law

  Jane Lambert UK Supreme Court (Lords Hodge, Briggs, Hamblen and Stephens and Lady Rose)    Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another [2025] UKSC 25 (24 Jun 2025) This was an appeal by Dream Pairs Europe Inc. and Top Glory Trading Group Inc. ("Dream Pairs") against the Court of Appeal's judgment in  Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another   [2024] EWCA Civ 29, [2024] RPC 10 which I discussed in Trade Marks - Iconix's Appeal on 5 Feb 2025.  The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL ("Iconix") against Mr Justice Miles's dismissal of Iconix's claim for trade mark infringement under s.10 (2) and (3)  of the Trade Marks Act 1994 in    Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another   [2023] RPC 15, [2023] EWHC 706 (Ch). I wrote about Mr Justice Miles's judgment in  Trade Marks - Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream ...

A utho r Fvasconcellos   Public Domain Source Wikimedia Commons     Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Mead)  Halozyme, Inc v The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Mark s [2024] EWHC 3202 (Pat) (16 Dec 2024) This was an appeal against Dr Lawrence Cullen's decision in  Halozyme, Inc. v The Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks   BL O/0257/24 of 27 Mar 2024 in which he refused Halozyme Inc.'s applications for supplementary protection certificates for  Trastuzumab and recombinant human hyaluronidase and  Rituximab and recombinant human hyaluronidase. Supplementary Protection Certificate In my article Supplementary Protection Certificate s  I described a supplementary protection certificate ("SPC") as  "an intellectual property right ("IPR") that protects the active ingredients in pharmaceutical or plant protection products."   I explained that: "The right comes into force upon the expi...

Entrance to the Rolls Building where IPEC sits By Muhammad Karns - Judicial Office Twitter feed., CC BY-SA 4.0,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78284579   Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Recorder Amanda Michaels)  Leeds Plywood & Doors Ltd v Deanta UK Ltd [2025] EWHC 1376 (IPEC) (3 Jun 2025) This transcript records Recorder Amanda Michaels's judgments in two interim applications: The defendant's application to strike out certain paragraphs of the claimant's managing director's witness statement and a cross-application by the claimant to strike out part of the witness statement of one of the defendant's witnesses; and  The claimant's application for specific disclosure. These applications seem to have been made at a very late stage because the recorder said at para [3] of her judgment that the trial was to take place in July.  The cause of action is not made clear, but as both parties make doors and there are references ...

Vape Cloud Chasing Author VAPES   Licence CC BY-2.0   Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Miles)  Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd and others [2025] EWHC 1239 (Ch) (21 May 2025) This was an application by Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd (Shenzhen) to restrain Bargain Busting Ltd ("BB") from threatening trade mark infringement proceedings against Shenzhen's distributors and retailers.  BB is the registered proprietor of UK trade marks  UK00003235344  and  UK00003534551 , which Shenzhen has challenged on the grounds of non-use and invalidity.  BB has also applied to register CRYSTAL BAR  as a trade mark under trade mark number UK00003786148 .  Shenzhen responded to BB's threats by seeking an order under s .21C  to prevent BB from making further threats of proceedings against Shenzhen's distributors and retailers.  It also sought information on the parties BB had...