Liffe Administration and Management v Pinkava & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 217 (15 March 2007) S.39 Patents Act 1977 is headed Right to employees' inventions . So far as material ss.(1) provides:
(1) Notwithstanding anything in any rule of law, an invention made by an employee shall, a...
Case Report Cinpres Gas Injection Ltd v Melea Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 9 (24 January 2008) This is the judgment of the court on appeal from a decision of Mann J [2006] EWHC 2451 (Ch). It followed a trial of 15 days. The dispute is about the ownership of European Patent (UK) No. 0,424,435. M...
Case Report Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 23 (31 January 2008) At the end of the expedited hearing the court announced its decision that this appeal would be dismissed and that, as the appeal raised an important point of principle and practice, judgments would be...
Case Report Smithson & Ors v Hamilton [2008] EWCA Civ 996 (23 July 2008) On 10 December 2007 Sir Andrew Park handed down judgment in the case of Smithson & Others v Hamilton, which is now reported at [2008] 1 WLR 1453. By his judgment he dismissed a cla...
Case Report Buglife,The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, R (on the application of) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 29 (28 January 2009) This is an appeal against a decision of Mitting J dated 22 February 2008 whereby he refused an application for judicial review made by Buglife-The Invertebrate Conservation Trust ( the appellants ) to...
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