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Intellectual property law [2026] EWCA Civ 564

Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies OY

Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies OY [2026] EWCA Civ 564 (12 May 2026)

Court of Appeal upheld jurisdiction over RAND claims but granted a stay, holding Nokia’s adjustable interim licence offers were objectively RAND and accepted by refusal only.

  • Standard-essential patents (seps)
  • Rand/frand licensing
  • Jurisdiction
  • Case management stay
  • Arbitration vs. court determination
  • Declaratory relief
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Intellectual property law

Bargain Busting Limited v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd

The Court of Appeal held that the judge applied the wrong section 12(3) threshold for an interim injunction restraining alleged unjustified threats and set the injunction aside.

  • Trade marks
  • Unjustified threats
  • Interim injunctions
  • Freedom of expression
  • Section 12(3) human rights act 1998
  • Trade-marks
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Intellectual property law [2026] EWCA Civ 532

Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co. Ltd

Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co. Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 532 (08 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal allowed BBL’s appeal and set aside an interim injunction restraining threats of trade mark infringement proceedings, holding section 12(3) required the usual likelihood threshold.

  • Trade mark infringement
  • Unjustified threats
  • Interim injunctions
  • Section 12(3) human rights act 1998
  • Freedom of expression
  • Trade-mark-infringement
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Commercial law [2026] EWCA Civ 500

Titan Wealth Services Ltd & Anor v Tavistock Investments PLC & Ors

Titan Wealth Services Ltd & Anor v Tavistock Investments PLC & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 500 (24 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal held that a proposed breach of confidence counterclaim was too broad, incoherent and under-particularised, so the amendment should not have been allowed.

  • Breach of confidence
  • Copyright infringement
  • Particularisation of pleadings
  • Share purchase agreement
  • Outsourced management agreement
  • Breach-of-confidence
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Intellectual property law

No Climb Products Limited v Gas Safe Europe Limited

The court held that Gas Safe’s DetectaReach and replacement DetectaSmoke cans infringed claims 1, 8 and 9 of No Climb’s patent, which was also upheld as valid.

  • Patent infringement
  • Patent validity
  • Construction of patent claims
  • Indirect infringement
  • Prior art
  • Inventive step
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Intellectual property law [2026] EWHC 908 (IPEC)

No Climb Products Ltd v Gas Safe Europe Ltd

No Climb Products Ltd v Gas Safe Europe Ltd [2026] EWHC 908 (IPEC) (22 April 2026)

Patent trial on detector-testing apparatus: the court construed claim 1 broadly, found Gas Safe’s products infringed, and upheld validity over cited prior art.

  • Patent infringement
  • Patent validity
  • Construction of patent claims
  • Indirect infringement
  • Prior art
  • Inventive step
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Intellectual property law

Laboratorios Leon Farma SA v The Comptroller-General of Patents

The High Court dismissed Leon’s appeal against refusal of an SPC for drospirenone, holding that earlier combination-product MAs counted as the first authorisation under Article 3(d).

  • Supplementary protection certificates (spc)
  • Interpretation of 'product' under regulation ec 469/2009
  • Article 3 of spc regulation
  • Marketing authorisation
  • Binding effect of cjeu jurisprudence
  • Supplementary-protection-certificate
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Intellectual property law [2026] EWHC 663 (Ch)

Laboratorios Leon Farma SA v Comptroller-General of Patents

Laboratorios Leon Farma SA v Comptroller-General of Patents [2026] EWHC 663 (Ch) (20 March 2026)

The High Court dismissed an appeal over an SPC for drospirenone, holding that earlier combination-product authorisations counted for Article 3(d).

  • Supplementary protection certificates
  • Spc regulation article 3
  • Marketing authorisation
  • Interpretation of 'product' under spc regulation
  • Binding effect of cjeu jurisprudence
  • Supplementary-protection-certificate
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Contract law [2026] EWHC 404 (Ch)

Total Electric Solutions Ltd & Anor v Nortek Electrical Circuits Ltd

Total Electric Solutions Ltd & Anor v Nortek Electrical Circuits Ltd [2026] EWHC 404 (Ch) (27 February 2026)

The High Court refused permission to amend pleadings in a contract and IP dispute, finding the proposed oral contract, implied terms, and Ardent claims insufficiently pleaded and unsupported.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Breach of exclusivity
  • Design right ownership
  • Summary judgment
  • Issue estoppel
  • Third party rights
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Intellectual property law [2026] EWHC 436 (Pat)

Janssen-Cilag Ltd v The United States of America

Janssen-Cilag Ltd v The United States of America [2026] EWHC 436 (Pat) (25 February 2026)

The High Court granted ex parte permission to serve patent revocation proceedings against the United States by alternative methods under CPR 6.15.

  • Patent revocation
  • State immunity
  • Service of process
  • Alternative service
  • Patent-revocation
  • State-immunity
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