NIPC Law

  Jane Lambert Court of Appeal  (Lord Justices Lewison, Arnold and Birss)  Lidl Great Britain Ltd and Another v Tesco Stores Ltd and Anothe r (Rev1) [2024] EWCA Civ 262 (19 March 2024) This is the third of my supplementary articles on Lord Justice  Arnold's judgment in Lidl Great Britain Ltd and Another v Tesco Stores Ltd and Anothe r (Rev1) [2024] EWCA Civ 262 (19 March 2024). I explained the reasons for these supplementary articles in the second paragraph of Lord Justice Arnold's Guidance on Trade Mark Law in the Lidl v Tesco Appeal on 25 March 2024. In this article, I discuss Lord Justice Arnold's guidance on copyright which he set out in paras [38] to [44] of his judgment. Lord Justice Arnold acknowledged at para [38] that little dispute before the judge as to the applicable principles of copyright law but he chose to comment on them anyway because Mrs Justice Joanna Smith "did not have the benefit of  t he subsequent decisions of the Court of Appeal] in ...

Author Satoshi Nakamoto Copyright released   Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lady Justice Asplin and Lord Justices Arnold and Warby)  Wright and others v BTC Core and others (Rev1) [2023] EWCA Civ 868 (20 July 2023) This was an appeal against Mr Justice Mellor's refusal in   Wright and others v BTC Core and others  [2023] EWHC 222 (Ch) (7 Feb 2023 to permit service outside England and Wales of claim forms alleging copyright infringement.  The claimants were Craig Steven Wright who claims to have created  Bitcoin  and two of Dr Wright's companies.  Bitcoin is a  cryptocurrency  that is attributed to one  Satoshi Nakamoto .  Dr Wright claims to be Mr Nakamoto.  The defendants are companies and individuals from around the world who are accused of copying matter known as "the Bitcoin File Format."  Dr Wright and his companies say that copyright subsists in the Bitcoin File Format and claim ownership on ...