Infringements of foreign intellectual property may now be determined by the courts in England and Wales accordingly to a UK Supreme Court decision on 27 July 2011. This is the most significant conclusion of the long-running litigation between Lucasfilm Inc. and Mr Andrew Ainsworth, the Star Wars litigation. The…
Piers Strickland, the latest Partner to join the boutique IP/IT practice, Waterfront Solicitors LLP, made a successful application for disclosure of documents from the file of the High Court in relation to some recent patent litigation proceedings involving Pfizer. You can read the HTML version of the Judgment by clicking here. …
Waterfront Solicitors Partner, Matthew Harris has recently had two of his domain name decisions listed in a “Top 10” of decisions in 2010. In the January 5th edition of Managing Internet IP, journalist Fionn O’Raghallaigh includes Matthew’s July 20th and August 17th decisions in an end-of-the-year reflection report of 2010. He reports: “July 20 RapidShare,…
Waterfront Solicitors LLP have successfully represented the International Trade Mark Association (“INTA”) in its application to the Court of Appeal to intervene in its reference to the European Court of Justice in the Nokia Corporation v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs action (ref: A3/2009/1726). This is the first time…