NIPC Law

UK Supreme Court By Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52871829   Jane Lambert Supreme Court ( Lords Reed (President), Lloyd-Jones, Kitchin, Hamblin and Burrows)  SkyKick UK Ltd and another  v Sky Ltd and others (Rev1) [2024] UKSC 36 (13 Nov2024) This was an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in  Sky Ltd and others v Skykick, UK Ltd and another (Rev2) [2021] EWCA Civ 1121 (26 July 2021) which I discussed in The Appeal - Sky v Skykick   on 10 Sept 2021. It was heard by Lords Reed, Lloyd-Jones, Kitchin, Hamblin and Burrows on 28 and 29 June 2023. Judgment allowing the appeal in part was handed down on 13 Nov 2024 (see SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and ot hers (Rev1) [2024] UKSC 36 (13 Nov 2024)).  While waiting for judgment to be delivered the parties settled their differences. The appellants applied with the respondents' agreement for leave to withdraw their appeal and the parties aske...

Author Anthony Majanlahti   Licence CC BY 2.0 Deed   Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Lewison and Arnold and Lady Justice Falk)  easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd and others (Rev1) [2023] EWCA Civ 1508 (20 Dec 2023) This was an appeal by the claimant, easyGroup Ltd. ("easyGroup"), against the dismissal by Sir Anthony Mann of its claim for passing off against the defendants, Easy Live Services Ltd. and its shareholders and directors Achilleas Achilleous and Jonathan Burnside, for the reasons set out in Sir Anthony's judgment in  Easygroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd and others [2022] EWHC 3327 (Ch) (21 Dec 2022).  easyGroup also appealed against a declaration that the defendants' use of certain signs did not infringe various trade marks owned by easyGroup.  The appeal came on before Lords Justices Lewison and Arnold and Lady Justice Falk on 13 Dec 2023.  By their judgment of 20 Dec 2023, they u...