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Adam Phones

>Case Note: Adam Phones Ltd v Goldschmidt
 

Added Matter

>Case Note Playhut Inc. v Spring Form Inc. and others

 

Additional Damages
>Case Note - Lott n JBW & Friends Pty Ltd. and Another

 

Advanced Buildings Systems
>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset

 

Advisory Opinions
Peter Hayward's presentation
Handout

 

Allergan
>Case Note: Case Note: Allergan Inc. and Another v Sauflon Pharmaceuticals Limited

 

Amendment (Patents)

>Case Note Asahi Medical Co Ltd v Macopharma (UK) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note Amersham Pharmacia Biotech AB v Amicon Ltd.
>Case Note Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.

 

American

>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.

 

Amstrad
>Case Note: Amstrad plc v. Seagate Technology

 

Annodeus

>Case Note: Annodeus Entertainment Ltd. v Gibson and Another

 

Artists
Copyright for Artists Redbrick Mill, Batley, 1 Mar 2006
>Presentation
>Handout

 

Artistic Work
"Designs New Rules and New Case Law"
>Case Note - Lott n JBW & Friends Pty Ltd. and Another

 

 

Asahi Medical

>Case Note Asahi Medical Co Ltd v Macopharma (UK) Ltd. and Another

 

Ascot (Picnic at)

>Case Note: Picnic at Ascot Inc. v Klaus Derigs and Others

 

Assignment
Copyright

 

Australia

>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset
>Case Note Data Access Corporation v Powerflex Services Pty Ltd
>Case Note: Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited
>Case Note: General Clutch Corporation v Sbriggs Pty Ltd
>Case Note Hindmarsh Medical Clinic v Hindmarsh Family Practice Pty Ltd. and another
>Case Note - Lott n JBW & Friends Pty Ltd. and Another

Jon Miles Innovation Patents

 

Author
Copyright
>Case Note - Fylde Microsystems Limited v Key Radio Systems Ltd.
>Case Note: Glen Gould Estate v. Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd
>Case Note: Barbara Hager v ECW Press Ltd. and Others

 

B

Barbara Hager
>Case Note: Barbara Hager v ECW Press Ltd. and Others

 

Barrymore

>Case Note: Barrymore n News Group Newspapers

 

Biogen

>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva

 

Biotechnology

Biotechnological Inventions
>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
Khan - Shedding Biotech's Bad Name
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.

 

Biotrading & Financing OY v Biohit Ltd
>Case Note - Biotrading & Financing OY v Biohit Ltd

 

Boston
>Case Note: Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz (Appeal)
>Case Note: Boston Scientific v Palmaz (First Instance)
 

 

Brands
What is a Brand?

 

British Gas
Data protection
>Case note: British Gas Trading v The Data Protection Registrar

 

Brass from Gumption
>Presentation Bradford 4 March 2005

 

 

Broadcast
>Case Note - EGEDA v Hostelaria Asturiana SA
>Case Note - NFL Enterprises LP v Sotiros and Peter Restaurant Company Ltd

 

Buchanan

>Case Note Buchanan v Alba Diagnostics

 

Bunn
>Case Note: Bunn v British Broadcasting Corporation and Another

 

Butterfly Music
>Case Note C-60/98 Butterfly Music Srl v Carosello Edizioni Musicali e Discografiche Srl

 

C

 

Canada
>Case Note Eli Lily v Novopharm Ltd.
>Case Note: Glen Gould Estate v. Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd.
>Case Note: Barbara Hager v ECW Press Ltd. and Others
>Case Note - NFL Enterprises LP v Sotiros and Peter Restaurant Company Ltd
>Case Note: Westin License Co. v Westin Construction Ltd.

 

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Green Cartridge Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd
>Case Note Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Green Cartridge Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd

 

Cars
Bringing Down the Cost of Cars

 

Celltech
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.

 

Chancery Business

 

Chip Topographies

Case Note -Columbia Tristar Home Video (International) Inc. v Polygram Film International BV

 

Christoffer
>Case Note Christoffer v Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd.

 

Claims (Patents)
Construction of
Numerical Limitations
Claims with numerical limitations
>Case Note: TH Goldschmidt AG and another v. EOC Belgium NV and Others
US Doctrine of Equivalents
>Case Note: Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.
>Case Note: General Clutch Corporation v Sbriggs Pty Ltd

 

Coflexip
>John Lambert Coflexip SA v Stolt Offshore Ms Ltd. and others

 

Collecting Societies
>Case Note - EGEDA v Hostelaria Asturiana SA
>Case Note - Universities UK v Copyright Licensing Agency and Another

 

Company Names Hijacking
>Case Note Compagnie Generale des Eaux v Compagnie Generale des Eaux Sdn. Bhd

 

Compulsory Licensing
>John Lambert The Patents and Trade Marks (World Trade Organisation) Regulations 1999

 

Community Design

 

Community Patents
>John Lambert "Community Patent Overview"
>John Lambert The Community Patent: Does Anyone Still want It? The Commission Green Paper on the Community Patent

 

Community Trade Mark

 

Competition
>Case Note: Intel Corporation v Via Technologies Inc. and others

Enterprise Act 2002
>PowerPoint Presentation: Introduction and Overview
>PowerPoint Presentation Introduction to the Enterprise Act
>PowerPoint Presentation: Enterprise Act and Technology

The Enterprise Act 2002: the Provisions that affect IP
& Technology
PowerPoint Presentation Steven Preece, OFT Competition Law and IPR - Recent Developments A View from the OFT

European
Modernization Regulation (Reg 1/2003)

Technology Transfer Regulation
Licensing
Licensing Schemes
Collecting Societies
>Case Note - EGEDA v Hostelaria Asturiana SA
>Case Note: IFPI Simulcasting Exemption
>Case Note - Universities UK v Copyright Licensing Agency and Another

Cars
>Case Note: Crane Hire, Wire Netting and Ladbroke Racing

Restraints of Trade
>Case Note: Emersub XXXVI Inc and Another v Wheatley
>Case Note:  International Consulting Services (UK) Ltd. v Hart
>Case Note: Prosoft Resources Ltd. v Griffiths
>Case Note Wallace Bogan & Co. v Gove and Others
>Case Note: Ocular Sciences v Aspect Vision Care
 

Computer Contracts
Computer Systems Contracts
Fitness - Must Computer Programs always be fit for Purpose?
Maintenance "Duty to maintain in Perpetuity"
>Case Note: Harbinger UK Ltd. v GE Information Services Ltd.
>Case Note: SAM Business Systems Limited v Hedley & Co.
Procuring Euro Compliant Systems
Formation of Contracts
>Case Note: Vogon International Ltd. v Serious Fraud Office
>Case Note DMA Financial Solutions Ltd v BaaN UK Ltd
>Case Note: Countrywide Communications Limited v ICL Pathway Limited and International Computers Limited

Litigation
>Litigation Overview

Quality
Merchantable Quality in Hardware Contracts - Amstrad plc v. Seagate Technology

Repudiation
>Case Note: Crowther v Brownsword and Another
Royalties
>Keeping Records: Case Note - Columbia Tristar Home Video (International) Inc. v Polygram Film International BV
Source Code Escrow and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

Tenders
>Case Note: Countrywide Communications Limited v ICL Pathway Limited and International Computers Limited
>Case Note -Columbia Tristar Home Video (International) Inc. v Polygram Film International BV

Termination

>Case Note: Ansys Incorporated v Lim Thuan Khee and Another

Y2K Warranties

 

Confidence
>Confidential Information
>Can you keep a Secret? Are you sure? Managing Confidential Information
>Invention Blog - Confidential Information
>Tips for Inventors No. 1

Case Notes
>Case Note: Barrymore n News Group Newspapers
>Case Note Douglas and Others v Hello! and others (appeal) (trial)
>Case Note: Bunn v British Broadcasting Corporation and Another
>Case Note: Ocular Sciences v Aspect Vision Care
Trade Secrets Protection in TRIPs
How far does an Obligation of Confidence overlap with Fiduciary Dury?

 

Construction of Claims (Patents)
Equivalents (US Doctrine of)
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc
Improver Questions
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.

 

Constitutional Law
>Case Note C-44/98 BASF AG v President of the German Patent Office

 

Contact

 

Contempt of Court
>Case Note: Adam Phones Ltd v Goldschmidt

 

Conventions and Treaties
>Copyright Conventions
>Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial property
>TRIPs

 

Copyright

Assignment
Conventions

Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
>Presentation: Copyright and Rights in Performances, The New Law

Artistic Work
>Case Note - Creation Records Ltd. v News Group Newspapers
>Case Note - Lott n JBW & Friends Pty Ltd. and Another

Copyright for Artists Redbrick Mill, Batley, 1 Mar 2006
>Presentation
>Handout

Author
>Case Note - Fylde Microsystems Limited v Key Radio Systems Ltd.
>Case Note: Glen Gould Estate v. Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd
>Case Note: Barbara Hager v ECW Press Ltd. and Others

Broadcast
>Case Note - EGEDA v Hostelaria Asturiana SA
>Case Note - NFL Enterprises LP v Sotiros and Peter Restaurant Company Ltd

Copying

Copyright Tribunal
>John Lambert - Copyright Tribunal

Criminal Liability

Crown Copyright

Databases
>Case Note: Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited

Dramatic Work
>Case Note - Norowzian v Arks Ltd and others

Defences

Euro-Defences
>Case Note: Biotrading & Financing OY v Biohit Ltd

Right to repair
>Case Note Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Green Cartridge Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd

Exceptions Overview
Presentation
Handout
Incidental Inclusion
>Case Note: Football Association Premier League Ltd and others v Panini UK Ltd

Fair Dealing

Film
>Case Note - Norowzian v Arks Ltd and othersFirst Ownership

Jurisdiction

>Case Note - Mother Bertha Music Ltd. and another v Bourne Music Ltd.
>Case Note: Pearce v Ove Arup Partnership
>Case Note - PG Mavros (Private) Ltd. and another v Ponter

Licensing
>Licensing Schemes
>John Lambert - Copyright Tribunal
>Case Note: IFPI Simulcasting Exemption
>Case Note - EGEDA v Hostelaria Asturiana SA
>Case Note - Universities UK v Copyright Licensing Agency and Another

Literary Work
>Case Note - Lotus Development Corporation v Borland International Inc.

Moral Rights

Musical Work
>Case Note Sawkins v Hyperion Records Ltd

Originality
>Case Note: Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited
>Case Note - Lott n JBW & Friends Pty Ltd. and Another

>Case Note Sawkins v Hyperion Records Ltd
>Case Note Christoffer v Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd.

Overview

Primary Infringement

Qualification
The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2005

Rental and Lending Right
>Case Note: FDV v Laserdisken

Secondary Infringement

Software
>Case Note - Lotus Development Corporation v Borland International Inc.

Sound Recording

Statutory Presumptions
>Case Note Microsoft Corporation v Electro-Wide Ltd.

Substantial Part
>Case Note Data Access Corporation v Powerflex Services Pty Ltd
>Case Note - Norowzian v Arks Ltd and others

Term
>Case Note C-60/98 Butterfly Music Srl v Carosello Edizioni Musicali e Discografiche Sr

Typographical Arrangements
 

Costs
Interim Injunctions

>Case Note: Picnic at Ascot Inc. v Klaus Derigs and Others

 

Countrywide
>Case Note: Countrywide Communications Limited v ICL Pathway Limited and International Computers Limited

 

Crime (IP)
>Presentation: IP Crime

Copyright - Criminal Liability

Cross-Border Injunctions
>Case Note Case Note: Mecklermedia Corporation and another v DC Congress GmbH
>Case Note: Pearce v Ove Arup Partnership

 

Crowther

>Case Note: Crowther v Brownsword and Another

 

Crown Copyright

 

Culture

 

D

Data Access
>Case Note Data Access Corporation v Powerflex Services Pty Ltd

 

Database Rights
Licensing Overview
Licensing Schemes
Copyright Tribunal
>John Lambert - Copyright Tribunal

 

>Case Note: Dawnay, Day & Co Ltd and Another v Cantor Fitzgerald International

 

Data Protection

Directive
>Case Note - Österreichischer Rundfunk,

Subject Access
>Case Note - Durant v Financial Services Authority
1984 Act
>Case note: British Gas Trading v The Data Protection Registrar
>Case Note: SNP v The Information Tribunal

 

Defamation
Case Note Steel and another v UK

 

Design
Community Design
Design Registration
Threats Actions
Unregistered Design Rights
>Commonplace - John Lambert "The Court of Appeal revisits the Commonplace" (Design Update Newsletter Page 5)

 

Development (Intellectual Property and)

 

Directors' Liability
>Case Note Excavation & Contracting (UK) Ltd. v Excavation & Contracting Ltd. and others
>DMA Financial Solutions Ltd v BaaN UK Ltd

 

Domain Names
"Always consider the UDRP First" 31 Aug 2005
>Case Note "champagnecerales.com" Société Coopérative Agricole Champagne Céréales v GJ
>Case Note: Harrods Ltd. v UK Network Services Ltd. and others
>Case Note "One in a Million" Marks & Spencer Plc & Others v One in a Million Ltd and Others
>Case Note: Pitman Training Ltd. and Another v Nominet UK and Another

 

Doorstop Piller
>Case Note: Adam Phones Ltd v Goldschmidt

 

Douglas

>Case Note Douglas and Others v Hello! and others (appeal)
>Case Note Douglas and Others v Hello! and others (trial)

 

Durant

>Case Note - Durant v Financial Services Authority

 

E

Economic and Monetary Union
Procuring Euro Compliant Systems

 

EC Law
Community Design
Community Trade Mark
Competition Law

 

EGEDA
>Case Note - EGEDA v Hostelaria Asturiana SA

 

Electronic Commerce
Seminar Nov 2002
>Presentation
>Handout

 

Eli Lilly
>Case Note Eli Lilly & Co v Novo Nordisk

 

Enforcement
>Presentation: IPR Enforcement
>Guarding your IP Rights

 

Enterprise Act 2002
>PowerPoint Presentation: Introduction and Overview
>PowerPoint Presentation Introduction to the Enterprise Act
>PowerPoint Presentation: Enterprise Act and Technology
>The Enterprise Act 2002: the Provisions that affect IP
& Technology

PowerPoint Presentation Steven Preece, OFT Competition Law and IPR - Recent Developments A View from the OFT

 

Equivalents (US Doctrine of)
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.

 

Escrow
Source Code Escrow and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

 

Euro-Defences

>Case Note: Biotrading & Financing OY v Biohit Ltd
>Case Note: Generics BV v Smith Kline & French Laboratories Ltd.
>Case Note: Intel Corporation v Via Technologies Inc. and others

 

European Patents

 

Evidence
Market Surveys
>Case Note Dualit's TM Application, Appeal

 

"Ex Parte" Applications
>Case Note: Memory Corp Plc v Sidhu

 

F

FDV

>Case Note: FDV v Laserdisken

 

Festo
Construction of Claims (Patents)
Equivalents (US Doctrine of)
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc

 

Fiduciary Duty
How far does an Obligation of Confidence overlap with Fiduciary Dury?

 

Film
>Case Note - Norowzian v Arks Ltd and others

 

Formation of Contracts
>DMA Financial Solutions Ltd v BaaN UK Ltd
>Case Note: Countrywide Communications Limited v ICL Pathway Limited and International Computers Limited

 

First Ownership
Copyright

 

Formation of Contracts

 

France
>Case Note "champagnecerales.com" Société Coopérative Agricole Champagne Céréales v GJ

 

Freedom of Information
>Presentation: Gerrard Tracey - Lessons Learned from the First Year of the Freedom of Information Act 2000"
>Presentation - Ibrahim Hasan "Freedom of Information Act 15 Months on"

 

Freezing Injunctions

 

Fujitsu
>Case Note: Fujitsu's Application

Fylde Microsystems

>Case Note - Fylde Microsystems Limited v Key Radio Systems Ltd.

G

General Clutch
>Case Note: General Clutch Corporation v Sbriggs Pty Ltd

 

Glen Gould
>Case Note - Fylde Microsystems Limited v Key Radio Systems Ltd.

 

Geographical Indications
>Case Note "champagnecerales.com" Société Coopérative Agricole Champagne Céréales v GJ
>Case Note: Gloag & Sons v Welsh Distillers Ltd.
>Case Note: The Scotch Whisky Association v Glen Kella
>Case Note: Case Note: William Grant & Sons Ltd. and others v Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Limited and Others

Goyen Controls

>Case Note PCME v Goyen Controls

 

H

Harbinger

>Case Note: Harbinger UK Ltd. v GE Information Services Ltd.

 

Home Page

 

Hyperion

Case Note Sawkins v Hyperion Records Ltd

 

Human Rights
Art 6
Case Note Steel and another v UK

Freedom of Expression
Case Note Steel and another v UK

Privacy
>Case Note Douglas and Others v Hello! and others

 

I

Information and Communications Technologies

Computer Contracts
>Computer Systems
Procuring Euro Compliant Systems
Maintenance "Duty to maintain in Perpetuity"
>Case Note Harbinger UK Ltd. v GE Information Services Ltd.
>Fitness - Must Computer Programs always be fit for Purpose?
Formation of Contracts
>Case Note: Vogon International Ltd. v Serious Fraud Office
>Vase Note: DMA Financial Solutions Ltd v BaaN UK Ltd
>Case Note: Countrywide Communications Limited v ICL Pathway Limited and International Computers Limited
Quality
Merchantable Quality in Hardware Contracts - Amstrad plc v. Seagate Technology

Source Code Escrow and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

>Case Note: SAM Business Systems Limited v Hedley & Co.

 

Information Society       

Intellectual Property
>Software Copyright Overview
>Software Patents Overview

 

Industries

 

Infringement

Copyright: Primary
>Case Note Christoffer v Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd.

Patents
>Case Note Amersham Pharmacia Biotech AB v Amicon Ltd
>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.

Trade Mark

 

Information and Communications Technology
>Intellectual Property

 

Inhale
>Case Note: Inhale Therapeutic Systems Inc v Quadrant Healthcare Plc

 

Injunctions
Doorstop Piller

>Case Note: Adam Phones Ltd v Goldschmidt

Freezing Injunctions

Interim

Costs
>Case Note: Picnic at Ascot Inc. v Klaus Derigs and Others

Passing off
>Case Note Case Note: Mecklermedia Corporation and another v DC Congress GmbH
>Case Note: Westin License Co. v Westin Construction Ltd.

Search Orders

Trans-Border

>Case Note Case Note: Mecklermedia Corporation and another v DC Congress GmbH

"Without Notice" Applications
>Case Note: Memory Corp Plc v Sidhu

 

Innovation
Innovation Challenge, One Year On
Langleys York 7 Jan 2005
>Presentation Introduction
>Presentation: IPR Enforcement
>Presentation: IP Crime
>Presentation: Patents Act 2004
>Presentation: What to do
 

Innovation Patents (Australian Utility Models)
Jon Miles Innovation Patents

 

 

Insufficiency (Patents)

>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.
>Case Note Playhut Inc. v Spring Form Inc. and others
>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.

 

Intel
>Case Note: Intel Corporation v Via Technologies Inc. and others

 

Internet Access
>Misuse of Internet Access by Employees
>NSW Workplace Surveillance Act 2005

 

Interpretation of Claims (Patents)
Equivalents (US Doctrine of)
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.

 

Inventive Step (Patents)
>Case Note Asahi Medical Co Ltd v Macopharma (UK) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset
>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
>Case Note: Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz (Appeal)
>Case Note: Boston Scientific v Palmaz (First Instance)
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.
>Case Note: PCME v Goyen Controls
Common General Knowledge
>Case Note: Inhale Therapeutic Systems Inc v Quadrant Healthcare Plc

 

IP Crime
>Presentation: IP Crime

IPFI
>Case Note: IFPI Simulcasting Exemption

 

J

Jurisdiction

Trans-Border Injunction
>Case Note: Mecklermedia Corporation and another v DC Congress GmbH
>Case Note - Mother Bertha Music Ltd. and another v Bourne Music Ltd.
>Case Note - PG Mavros (Private) Ltd. and another v Ponter

Service outside the Jurisdiction
>Case Note: Allergan Inc. and Another v Sauflon Pharmaceuticals Limited

 

K

 

L

Legal Aid

>Case Note Steel and another v UK

 

Licensing

Copyright Licensing
Licensing Schemes
>Case Note: IFPI Simulcasting Exemption
Copyright Tribunal
 

Foreign Law
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.
Rectification
>Case Note Eli Lilly & Co v Novo Nordisk

 

Litigation
Litigation Overview
Chancery Business
Computer Supply Disputes
Delay
>Case Note: Annodeus Entertainment Ltd. v Gibson and Another
Directors' Liability
>Case Note - Lott n JBW & Friends Pty Ltd. and Another

 

Lott
>Case Note - Lott n JBW & Friends Pty Ltd. and Another

 

Lotus
>Case Note - Lotus Development Corporation v Borland International Inc.

 

M

Malaysia
>Case Note Compagnie Generale des Eaux v Compagnie Generale des Eaux Sdn. Bhd

 

Manchester
>Case Note Excavation & Contracting (UK) Ltd. v Excavation & Contracting Ltd. and others

 

Medimmune
Construction of Claims (Patents)
Equivalents (US Doctrine of)
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.

 

Memory Corp
>Case Note: Memory Corp Plc v Sidhu

 

Microsoft
>Case Note Microsoft Corporation v Electro-Wide Ltd.

 

Modernization Regulation
Modernization Regulation (Reg 1/2003)

 

Moral Rights
>John Lambert Moral Rights for Performers
>Case Note Christoffer v Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd.

 

Mother Bertha

>Case Note - Mother Bertha Music Ltd. and another v Bourne Music Ltd.

 

Music

 

N

NMR

>Case Note - NMR Holdings Pty Ltd.'s Application No 2

 

Norowzian
>Case Note - Norowzian v Arks Ltd and others

 

Novelty (Patents)
>Case Note: Synthon BV v SmithKline Beecham
>Case Note PCME v Goyen Controls
>Case Note: Hewlett Packard GmbH and Another v Waters Corporation and Another

 

O

Obviousness (Patents)
>Case Note Asahi Medical Co Ltd v Macopharma (UK) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset
>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
>Case Note: Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz (Appeal)
>Case Note: Boston Scientific v Palmaz (First Instance)
>Case Note: PCME v Goyen Controls
>Case Note: Inhale Therapeutic Systems Inc v Quadrant Healthcare Plc

 

Ocular Sciences
>Case Note: Ocular Sciences v Aspect Vision Care
 

Oesterreicher Rundfunk

>Case Note - Österreichischer Rundfunk,

 

Oracle

>Case Note Oracle Corp's Application
 

Originality
Copyright
>Case Note Sawkins v Hyperion Records Ltd
>Case Note Christoffer v Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd.

 

P

Palmaz
>Case Note: Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz (Appeal)
>Case Note: Boston Scientific v Palmaz (First Instance)

 

Paris Convention

Passing Off

Business Sale Agreements
>Case Note: Dawnay, Day & Co Ltd and Another v Cantor Fitzgerald International

Company Name Hijacking
>Case Note Compagnie Generale des Eaux v Compagnie Generale des Eaux Sdn. Bhd

Classic Trinity
>Case Note Excavation & Contracting (UK) Ltd. v Excavation & Contracting Ltd. and others
>Case Note: HFC Bank Plc v Midland Bank Plc
>Case Note Hindmarsh Medical Clinic v Hindmarsh Family Practice Pty Ltd. and another
>Case Note: United Biscuits (UK) Ltd. v ASDA Stores Ltd
Confusion
>Case Note: HFC Bank Plc v Midland Bank Plc

Defences
>Case Note: HFC Bank Plc v Midland Bank Plc
>Case Note: "NASA", Nice and Safe Attitude Ltd. v Flook

Distinctiveness
>Case Note Eli Lily v Novopharm Ltd.
>Case Note: "Farm Fluid" Antec International Limited v South Western Chicks (Warren) Limited
>Case Note: HFC Bank Plc v Midland Bank Plc
>Case Note Hindmarsh Medical Clinic v Hindmarsh Family Practice Pty Ltd. and another
>Case Note: "NASA", Nice and Safe Attitude Ltd. v Flook
>Case Note "One in a Million" Marks & Spencer Plc & others v One in a Million Ltd and others

Directors' Liability
>Case Note Excavation & Contracting (UK) Ltd. v Excavation & Contracting Ltd. and others

Domain Names
>Case Note "champagnecerales.com" Société Coopérative Agricole Champagne Céréales v GJ
>Case Note: Harrods Ltd. v UK Network Services Ltd. and others
>Case Note "One in a Million" Marks & Spencer Plc & others v One in a Million Ltd and others
>Case Note: Pitman Training Ltd. and Another v Nominet UK and another

Geographical Indication
>Case Note: Gloag & Sons v Welsh Distillers Ltd.
>Case Note: The Scotch Whisky Association v Glen Kella

Goodwill
>Case Note Excavation & Contracting (UK) Ltd. v Excavation & Contracting Ltd. and others
>Case Note Harrods Ltd. v Harrods (Buenos Aires) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note Case Note: Mecklermedia Corporation and another v DC Congress GmbH
>Case Note "One in a Million" Marks & Spencer Plc & others v One in a Million Ltd and others

Interim Injunctions
>Case Note: Westin License Co. v Westin Construction Ltd.

Misrepresentation
>Case Note Excavation & Contracting (UK) Ltd. v Excavation & Contracting Ltd. and others
>Case Note: HFC Bank Plc v Midland Bank Plc
>Case Note Hindmarsh Medical Clinic v Hindmarsh Family Practice Pty Ltd. and another
>Case Note: "NASA", Nice and Safe Attitude Ltd. v Flook
>Case Note "One in a Million" Marks & Spencer Plc & others v One in a Million Ltd and others

Passing Off Abroad
>Case Note Harrods Ltd. v Harrods (Buenos Aires) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note - PG Mavros (Private) Ltd. and another v Ponter
>Case Note Case Note: Mecklermedia Corporation and another v DC Congress GmbH
>Case Note: Case Note: William Grant & Sons Ltd. and others v Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Limited and 0thers

Reputation
>Case Note Eli Lily v Novopharm Ltd.
>Case Note Excavation & Contracting (UK) Ltd. v Excavation & Contracting Ltd. and others
>Case Note Hindmarsh Medical Clinic v Hindmarsh Family Practice Pty Ltd. and another
>Case Note Case Note: Mecklermedia Corporation and another v DC Congress GmbH

Trade Mark Interface

>Case Note: Inter Lotto (UK) Ltd. v Camelot Group Plc

 

Patent Office
>Presentation - Miles Rees: "Raising Awareness"

 

Patents

Advisory Opinions
Peter Hayward's presentation
Handout

Patents Act 1977
Patents Act 2004
>Presentation: Patents Act 2004
Added Matter
>Case Note Playhut Inc. v Spring Form Inc. and others
Amendment
>Case Note: Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz (Appeal)
>Case Note: Boston Scientific v Palmaz (First Instance)
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.
Applying for a Patent
>Should you apply for a Patent for your Invention?

Basics
>Presentation - Patents Issues: "All you are ever likely to need to know about patents so long as you stay in Manchester"
Biotechnology
Biotechnological Inventions
>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
Construction of Claims (Patents)
Claims with numerical limitations
>Case Note: TH Goldschmidt AG and another v. EOC Belgium NV and Others
Equivalents (US Doctrine of)
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.
>Case Note: Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.
>Case Note: General Clutch Corporation v Sbriggs Pty Ltd
Improver Questions
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.
Community Patents
>John Lambert "Community Patent Overview"
>John Lambert The Community Patent: Does Anyone Still want It? The Commission Green Paper on the Community Patent
Compulsory Licensing
>John Lambert The Patents and Trade Marks (World Trade Organisation) Regulations 1999

Damages
Effect of Revocation on Liability
>John Lambert Coflexip SA v Stolt Offshore Ms Ltd. and others

Euro-defences
>Case Note: Generics BV v Smith Kline & French Laboratories Ltd.

European Patents
Excluded Matter
>NMR Holdings Pty Ltd.'s Application No 2
>Case Note Oracle Corp's Application

Infringement
>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.
>Case Note Amersham Pharmacia Biotech AB v Amicon Ltd
>Case Note Buchanan v Alba Diagnostics

Interpretation of Claims
Improver Questions
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.

Invention

>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset

Inventive Step
>Case Note Asahi Medical Co Ltd v Macopharma (UK) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset
>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
>Case Note: Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz (Appeal)
>Case Note: Boston Scientific v Palmaz (First Instance)
>Case Note: PCME v Goyen Controls
Insufficiency
>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.
>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
>Case Note: Horne Engineering Co. Ltd. v Reliance Water Controls Ltd.
>Case Note Playhut Inc. v Spring Form Inc. and others

Licensing
>Case Note Celltech Chiroscience Ltd. v Medimmune Inc.
>Case Note Eli Lilly & Co v Novo Nordisk

Novelty
>Case Note: Synthon BV v SmithKline Beecham
>Case Note PCME v Goyen Controls
>Case Note Asahi Medical Co Ltd v Macopharma (UK) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset

Obviousness
>Case Note Asahi Medical Co Ltd v Macopharma (UK) Ltd. and Another
>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset
>Case Note: Biogen v Medeva
>Case Note: Boston Scientific Limited v  Palmaz (Appeal)
>Case Note: Boston Scientific v Palmaz (First Instance)
>Case Note: PCME v Goyen Controls

Patentability
>Software Patents Overview

Priority
>Case Note: EPO President's reference to Enlarged Board of Appeal of 29 July 1998
Revocation
Effect on Liability for Damages
>John Lambert Coflexip SA v Stolt Offshore Ms Ltd. and others
Effect on liability for costs
>Case Note: ITP SA v Technip
Second Medical Use
>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.
Software Patents
>Case Note: Re Crawford's Application
>Case Note: Fujitsu's Application
>NMR Holdings Pty Ltd.'s Application No 2
>Oracle Corp's Application
>Overview
>Software Patents: More Blood Curdling Stuff
>Software Patents Revisited

Threats Actions
>John Lambert Actionable Threats in Intellectual Property Litigation

Utility
>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.

 

Performances, Rights in

Licensing Overview
Licensing Schemes

Moral Rights

>Presentation: Copyright and Rights in Performances, The New Law
>John Lambert Moral Rights for Performers

The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2005
>John Lambert - Copyright Tribunal

 

Picnic at Ascot
>Case Note: Picnic at Ascot Inc. v Klaus Derigs and Others

 

Plant Varieties

Biotechnology

Khan - Shedding Biotech's Bad Name

 

Playhut

>Case Note Playhut Inc. v Spring Form Inc. and others

 

Presentations
Brass from Gumption
>Bradford 4 March 2005

Innovation Challenge, Langleys York 7 Jan 2005
>Introduction
>IPR Enforcement
>IP Crime
>Patents Act 2004
>What to do
>"Innovation Challenge on Year on" Handout (pdf)

 

Priority (Patents)
>Case Note: EPO President's reference to Enlarged Board of Appeal of 29 July 1998

 

Privacy
>Case Note Douglas and Others v Hello! and others

 

Procurement
Procuring Euro Compliant Systems

 

Q

Qualification (Copyright)

The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2005

Qualification (Performances)
The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2005

 

Quality (Sale of Goods)
Merchantable Quality in Hardware Contracts - Amstrad plc v. Seagate Technology

 

R

Recording (Sound)(Copyright)

 

Registered Designs
Registered Community Design

 

Remedies
Freezing Injunctions
Search Orders

 

Rental and Lending Right
>Case Note: FDV v Laserdisken

 

 

Restraints of Trade
>Case Note: Emersub XXXVI Inc and Another v Wheatley
>Case Note:  International Consulting Services (UK) Ltd. v Hart
>Case Note: Prosoft Resources Ltd. v Griffiths
>Case Note Wallace Bogan & Co. v Gove and Others
>Case Note: Ocular Sciences v Aspect Vision Care

Rights of Third Parties
Source Code Escrow and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

 

S

SAM Business Systems

>Case Note: SAM Business Systems Limited v Hedley & Co.

 

Sawkins

Case Note Sawkins v Hyperion Records Ltd

 

Scotch Whisky
>Case Note: Gloag & Sons v Welsh Distillers Ltd.
>Case Note: The Scotch Whisky Association v Glen Kella
>Case Note: Case Note: William Grant & Sons Ltd. and others v Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Limited and others

 

Scotland

>Case Note Buchanan v Alba Diagnostics
>Case Note: Case Note: William Grant & Sons Ltd. and others v Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Limited and others
>Case Note: SNP v The Information Tribunal

 

Scottish National Party
>Case Note: SNP v The Information Tribunal

 

Second Medical Use
Patents

>Case Note: American Home Products Corporation v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.

 

Secondary Infringement
Copyright

 

 

Search Orders

 

Semiconductor Topographies

 

Service outside the Jurisdiction

>Case Note: Case Note: Allergan Inc. and Another v Sauflon Pharmaceuticals Limited

 

Sound Recording

 

Software Copyright
>Overview
>Case Note Data Access Corporation v Powerflex Services Pty Ltd
>Case Note: Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited
>Case Note - Lotus Development Corporation v Borland International Inc.

 

Software Patents
>Case Note: Re Crawford's Application
>Case Note: Fujitsu's Application
>NMR Holdings Pty Ltd.'s Application No 2
>Oracle Corp's Application
>Overview
>Software Patents: More Blood Curdling Stuff
>Software Patents Revisited

 

Source Code Escrow and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

 

Spain
>Case Note - EGEDA v Hostelaria Asturiana SA

 

Spam

>1267623 Ontario Inc. and Another v Nexx Online, Inc

 

Subject Access
>Case Note - Durant v Financial Services Authority

 

Substantial Part
Copyright
>Case Note Data Access Corporation v Powerflex Services Pty Ltd

 

Synthon

>Case Note Advanced Building Systems v Ramset
 

T

Technology

 

Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer Regulation

 

Threats Actions
>John Lambert Actionable Threats in Intellectual Property Litigation

Trade Marks

Absolute Grounds of Refusal

Capability of distinguishing
>Case Note "Companyline" (CFI and ECJ)
>Case Note Dualit's TM Application, Appeal (shape of toaster)
>Case Note  Healing Herbs Ltd v Bach Flower Remedies Ltd. (Appeal and Decision at First Instance) (word)

Applying for a Trade Mark

Classification

Community Trade Mark

Comparative Advertising

Defences
Domain Names
>Case Note "One in a Million" Marks & Spencer Plc & Others v One in a Million Ltd and others
Earlier Right
>Case Note: Inter Lotto (UK) Ltd. v Camelot Group Plc

Grounds of Refusal

Infringement
>Case Note "One in a Million" Marks & Spencer Plc & Others v One in a Million Ltd and others

Interim Injunction Practice
>Case Note: Westin License Co. v Westin Construction Ltd.

Invalidity
>Case Note  Healing Herbs Ltd v Bach Flower Remedies Ltd. (Appeal and Decision at First Instance) (word)

Relative Grounds of Refusal

Revocation
>Case Note: United Biscuits (UK) Ltd. v ASDA Stores Ltd

Threats Actions

UK Legislation
>Article The Trade Marks Act 1994, John Lambert
>Article The Trade Marks Rules 2000, John Lambert

Use
 

Training

 

TRIPs
Trade Secrets Protection in TRIPs
The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2005

 

Typographical Arrangements

 

U

Utility Models
Jon Miles Innovation Patents

 

Universities UK Copyright Tribunal Application
>Case Note - Universities UK v Copyright Licensing Agency and Another
 

Unregistered Design Rights

"Designs New Rules and New Case Law"
Semiconductor Topographies

Utility
Patents

 

v

>Case Note: Vogon International Ltd. v Serious Fraud Office

 

W

Wallace Bogan
>Case Note Wallace Bogan & Co. v Gove and Others

 

Whisky
>Case Note: Gloag & Sons v Welsh Distillers Ltd.
>Case Note: The Scotch Whisky Association v Glen Kella
>Case Note: Case Note: William Grant & Sons Ltd. and others v Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Limited and others

 

"Without Notice" Applications
>Case Note: Memory Corp Plc v Sidhu

 

"Without Prejudice"
>John Lambert Actionable Threats in Intellectual Property Litigation

 

X

 

Y

Y2K Warranties

 

Z