Interim Injunction Applications in IPEC - Well Lead Medical Co Ltd v CJ Medical Ltd
Kidney Stone Author Robert R Wal Licence Public Domain Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Charlotte May KC) Well Lead Medical Co Ltd v CJ Medical Ltd [2024] EWHC 951 (IPEC) (26 April 2024) This was an application by the claimant in a patent infringement action for an interim injunction to restrain the marketing and supply in the United Kingdom of a ureteral access sheath ( UAS ) under CPR 25.1 (1) (a). The claimant sought that application on the ground that such marketing and sales would infringe EP (UK) 3 760 143 B1 for a suction evacuation device that is used to retrieve stones from a patient's body. The application was heard by Charlotte May KC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court on 10 April 2024. By para [100] of her judgment in Well Lead Medical Co Ltd v CJ Medical Ltd [2024] EWHC 951 (IPEC) (26 April 2024), Miss May dismissed the application. Ownership of the Patent According to the speci...