Copyright - Ukoumunne v The University of Birmingham

Author Brianboru100 Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Wikipedia University of Birmingham Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Miss Recorder Amanda Michaels) Ukoumunne v The University of Birmingham and other s [2020] EWHC 184 (IPEC) (5 Feb 2020) On 5 Dec 2019 Miss Recorder Michaels heard applications by the claimant for the transfer of her claim for copyright infringement, breach of confidence and other complaints to be transferred to the Queen's Bench Division and for an order for disclosure. The recorder also heard applications by the defendants to strike out the action under CPR 3.4 (2) (a) and summary judgment under CPR 24.2. The claimant is a graduate student of the University of Birmingham who has taught at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Greenwich. The first defendant is the University of Birmingham, the second, third, fourth and fifth defendants are academics at that University. The claiman...