England and Wales Case Law

IDDQD Limited v Codeberry Limited & Anor

Defendants extracted and re-utilised substantial parts of RMG's PAF and IDDQD's GBR Database without licence, incorporated protected data into GetAddress, marketed it to third parties, and breached contractual terms; acts exceeded mere consultation and were not covered by any implied or express licence; Mr Smith and Codeberry are jointly liable; claimants entitled to additional damages.

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• Database right
• Copyright
• Breach of contract
• Joint liability
• Additional damages
• Restraint of trade

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Panasonic Holdings Corporation v Xiaomi Technology UK Ltd & Ors

Panasonic Holdings Corporation v Xiaomi Technology UK Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1733 (Pat) (05 July 2024)

The High Court refused Xiaomi’s interim FRAND licence and related declarations, and declined jurisdiction over Xiaomi’s counterclaim.

• Frand licensing
• Standard essential patents
• Interim relief
• Jurisdiction
• International comity
• Frand-licensing

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77m Ltd v Ordnance Survey Ltd

High Court database-right judgment on 77m’s Matrix dataset, holding INSPIRE polygons were licensed but RoS centroids and HMLR-derived addresses infringed.

• Database right
• Copyright
• Breach of contract
• Licensing
• Open data
• Sui generis right

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77m Ltd v Ordnance Survey Ltd

77m Ltd v Ordnance Survey Ltd [2019] EWHC 3007 (Ch) (08 November 2019)

The High Court held that 77m’s use of OS and RoS data to build Matrix was partly unlicensed and infringed database right, while dismissing 77m’s wider claims.

• Database right
• Copyright
• Breach of contract
• Procurement of breach
• Licensing
• Public sector information

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