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23/05/2017 14:53
Trials for 2017
HEARING WINDOW FROM DATE SHOWN UNLESS SPECIFIED AS A FIXTURE
Reading time: 2 days
Case Ref: HP-2016-000016
CAT: 4
Sitting time: 12 days
Samsung Bioepis UK Limited & Biogen Idec Limited v Abbvie
Biotechnology Limited
WINDOW :
12 January 2017
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Justin Turner QC, Andrew Waugh QC, Geoffrey Pritchard & Katherine
Moggridge
FIXED ON:
27 July 2016
Judgment reserved on
Solicitors: Powell Gilbert – Penny Gilbert & Zoe Butler and Simmons & Simmons
Ref: BIO4.13/PXG/ZMB
Defendants
Counsel: Michael Tappin QC & Mark Chacksfield
Solicitors: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Ref: 2294/7479/30987312
Judgment given on:
3 March 2017
Heard by: Mr Justice Henry Carr
NCN:
[2017] EWHC 395 (PAT)
Reading time: 1-2 days
Case Ref: HC-2015-004574
CAT: 3
Sitting time: 7-10 days
Edwards Lifesciences, LLC v Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Piers Acland QC & Miles Copeland
Solicitors: Powell Gilbert – Tim Powell
Ref: EDW3.2/TP
WINDOW :
16 January 2017
FIXED ON:
13 January 2016
Judgment reserved on
Defendants
Counsel: Hugo Cuddingan QC
Solicitors: Olswang LLP
Ref: MJB\PCV\12153.12
Judgment given on:
3 march 2017
Heard by: HHJ Hacon
NCN:[2017] EWHC 405
(PAT)
Case Ref:
Bostan Scientific International BV (2) Bostan Scientific Limited v Edwards
Lifesciences PVT, INC
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Richard Meade QC & Kathryn Pickard
Solicitors: Olswang (MUB/PCV/12153-9)
Ref:
Reading time: 1-2 pre
reading
Sitting time: 7 – 10 days
WINDOW
5 days from 16.01.17
FIXED ON
15.04.16
Judgment reserved on
Defendants
Counsel: Piers Acland QC & Miles Copeland
Solicitors:
Ref:
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Case Ref: HP-2015-000053
CAT:3
Reading time: 1-2 pre
reading
AbbVie and Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Daniel Alexander QC, Michael Tappin QC and Andrew
Lykiardopoulos QC & Jeremy Heald
Solicitors:
Ref:
Defendants
Counsel:
Solicitors:
Ref:
Sitting time: 15 days
WINDOW
16.01.17
FIXED ON:
15.04.16
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Case Ref: HP-2015-000046
Cat 4
Varian Medical Systems Inc v Elekta Limited & Elekta Holdings limited
Reading time: 2 days
Sitting time: 8 days
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Iain Purvis QC & Brian Nicholson , 11 South Square
Solicitors: Bristows LLP
Ref: EN / LDE
Defendants
Counsel: Adrian Speck QC & James Whyte, 8 New Square
Solicitors: Tim Whitfield – Powell Gilbert
Ref: ELE1.2
WINDOW :
6 April 2017
FIXED ON:
18-01-16
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
6 April 2017
Heard by: Mr Justice Birss
NCN:
[2017] EWHC 712 (PAT)
Reading time: ½ day
Case Ref: HP-2016-000003, HP-2016-000024, HP-2016-000033
Sitting time: 1 ½ days
Teva v Merck
WINDOW 27.02.17 (5
days)
Representatives
FIXED ON:
15.04.16
Claimants
Counsel: Charlotte May QC & Lindsay Lane
Solicitors: Pinsent Masons (641975.07140)
Ref:
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on:
Defendants
Counsel: Tom Mitcheson
Solicitors:
Ref:
21 March 2017
NCN:[2017] EWHC 539
(PAT)
Heard by: Mr Justice Arnold
Reading time: 1 day
Case Ref: HP-2005-000061
CAT: 4
Postec v Husqvarna
Sitting time: 6 days plus 1
day closing
Representatives
WINDOW :
Fixed for 20 March 2017
Claimants
Counsel: James St Ville & Chris Hall
Solicitors: Dentons UKMEA LLP
Ref: Campbell Forsyth
Defendants
Counsel: Marl Chacksfield
Solicitors: Bird & Bird
Ref: HUSQV.0047
FIXED ON
09.01.17
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time: 2 days
Case Ref: HC-2015-004768
Sitting time: 13 days
Astex v Astra Zeneca
WINDOW: 4 May 2017
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Charles Bear QC (Foundation Court) and Josephine Davies (20 Essex
Street)
Solicitors: Stephen Reese from Olswang
Ref:
FIXED ON: 9 November
2016
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel: James Mellor QC (8 New Square) and James Whyte (8 New Square)
Solicitors: Mike Gilbert from Marks and Clerk
Ref:
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time: 2 days
Case Ref: HC-2015-001925
Sitting time: 12 days
(1) upl Europe Limited (2) UPL Deutschland GMBH v (1) Agchemaccess
Limited (2) Grosvenor Chemicals limited (3) Mr Nicholas Gooch (4) Whyte
Chemicals (5) Mr Melvyn White
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Michael Bloch QC & David Lowe
Solicitors: Mishcon de Reya LLP
Ref: Ms Victoria Wilson
Clerk:Kevin Blackstone Chambers
Defendants 1 & 3
Counsel: Andrew Nicol
Solicitors: Isadore Goldman
Ref:
Clerk: Dennis 4 New Square
Defendants 2,4 & 5
Counsel: Guy Tritton & Tom St. Quintin
Solicitors: Gordon Dadds
Ref:
Clerk: Ian Hogarth Chambers
Heard by:
WINDOW :
fixed 4 May 2017
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
NCN:
Case Ref: HC-2015-001175, HP-2015-000047 AND HP-2016-000001
Illumina & Ors v Premaitha Health Plc and Ariosa
Reading time: 2 days
Sitting time:
12 days plus 2 days closing
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Richard Meade QC & James Whyte
Solicitors: Powell Gilbert – Tim Powell and Bethan Hopewell
Ref: TDP/ILL1.2
Defendants in Hc-2015-001175 and HP-2015-000047
Counsel: Tom Mitcheson QC & Georgina Messenger
Solicitors: Allen and Overy LLP
Ref: Nicola Dagg
WINDOW :
3 July 2017
FIXED ON:
05.05.16
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Defendants in HP-2016-000001
Counsel: Michael Tappin QC & Joe Delaney
Solicitors: Herbert Smith Freehills
Ref:
NCN:
Heard by:
Reading time: 2 days
Case Ref: HP-2016-000012
CAT: 4
Sitting time: 8 days
Elekta Limited v Varian Medical Systems UK Limited
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: James Abrahams QC and Henry Ward
Solicitors: Powell Gilbert – Tim Whitfield
Ref: TW/PD/ELE1.4
Defendants
Counsel: Iain Purvis QC and Brian Nicholson
Solicitors: Bristows
Ref: 312/EJN/12070.0003
WINDOW :
5 days from 15 July 2017
FIXED ON:
15 June 2016
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time: 1 Day
Case Ref: HP-2016-000038
Cat: 4
Sitting time: 5-6 days
Accord Healthcare Limited v Research Corporation Technologies Inc
WINDOW : 18/09/2017
Representatives
FIXED ON 10/11/2016
Claimants
Counsel: Piers Acland Qc and William Duncan
Solicitors: HGF Law
Ref: Rachel Fetches
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel: Richard Meade QC
Solicitors: Powell Gilbert
Ref: Tim Powell
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time:
Case Ref: HP-2016-000050 and HP-2016-000054
CAT:3
Sitting time: 9 day trial
(1) Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited (2) Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Limited -and- ResMed Limited
WINDOW : 5 day window
9 October 2017
FIXED ON
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Iain Purvis QC & Benet Brandreth, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Bird & Bird, Ewan Grist
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel: Piers Acland QC & Tom Alkin, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Bristows LLP, Liz Cohen
NCN:
Heard by:
Reading time: 2 days
Case Ref: HP-2016-000060
CAT:4
Sun Pharma Global FZE & Almirall v Janssen Biotech Inc
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC & Mark Chacksfield
Solicitors: Marks & Clerk
Ref:
Defendants
Counsel: Justin Turner QC & Katherine Moggridge
Solicitors: Carpmaels & Ransford
Ref:
Sitting time: 5 days plus 1
day closing
WINDOW : 5 day from 4
December 2017
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Trials for 2018
Reading time:
Case No. HP-2016-000018
Sitting time: 9 days
Case Ref: Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Limited -v- Anan Kasei
Co Ltd
WINDOW :
15.01.18
arling
FIXED ON:
3 May 2017
Representatives
Judgment reserved on
Claimants
Counsel: Tom Mitcheson QC and Miles Copeland, 3 New Square
Solicitors:
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel: Piers Acland QC, Benet Brandreth and Adam Gamsa, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Bird and Bird, Neil Jenkins
NCN:
Heard by:
CAT 3
Deepak Nitrite Limited -and- Archroma IP GmbH
Case Ref: HP-2016-000021
Reading time:
Sitting time: 4 ½ days
WINDOW :5 day window
29.01.17
Representatives
Claimant
Counsel: Kathryn Pickard, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Charles Russell Speechlys, Ian Wood
Defendant
Counsel: Anna Edwards-Stuart, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Arnold & Porter, Christopher Stothers
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time: 1 day
Case Ref: 3BM30238
Sitting time: 8 days
Optaglio Ltd v Thomas Tethal & Philip Mark Gurney Hudson
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel:
Solicitors:
Ref:
WINDOW : Fixed 6.02.18
**to be heard at
Brmingham Crown
Court**
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Defendants
Counsel:
Solicitors:
Ref:
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time: 1 to 2 days
Case Ref: HP-2016-000063
CAT:5
Sitting time: 6 days
Chugai Pharmaceuticals v USB and Celltech
WINDOW :5 days from
26 February 2018
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Mr Richard Meade QC and Mr Mark Chacksfield
Solicitors: Marks and Clerk
Ref: Charlie Balme
FIXED ON: 6 March 2017
Defendants
Counsel: Tom Mitcheson QC
Solicitors: Powell Gilbert
Ref: Joel Coles
Judgment given on
Judgment reserved on
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time: 2 to 3 days
Case Ref: HP-2016-000046
CAT:4
Philips Lighting v Megaman Ltd and others
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Miss Charlotte May QC & Mr Brian Nicholson
Solicitors: Bristows
Ref: JRB/07641/0139
Defendants
Counsel: Mr Alastair Wilson QC& Mr Richard Davis
Solicitors: Potter Clarkson
Ref: WENDG/G105
Sitting time: 10-11 days
(plus 1-2 days to write
closing)
WINDOW :1 March 2018
(5 days)
FIXED ON:16.02.17
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Case Ref: HP-2015-000052
CAT:4
Magnesium Elektron Limited and Molycorp Chemicals v Oxides (Europe)
Limited
Reading time: 1 day
Sitting time: 5 days
WINDOW :5 March 2018
Floating five day window
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: James Abrahams QC, 8 New Square
Solicitors: Pinsent Masons, Deborah Bould
Ref:
FIXED ON
15 May 2017
Judgment reserved on
Defendants
Counsel: Piers Acland QC & Benet Brandreth, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Bird & Bird, Andrew Roberts
Ref:
Judgment given on
Heard by:
Reading time: 1 to 2 days
Case Ref: HP-2017-000014
CAT: 4
Sitting time: 12 days
Sarepta Therapeutics v Bioarin Technologies
WINDOW : 5 days from
10 April 2018
)
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Adrian Speck QC and Tom Jones, 8 New Square
Solicitors: Bird and Bird
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Defendants
Counsel: Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC, 8 New Square and Anna Edwards-Stuart,
11 South Square
Solicitors: Jones Day, Alastair McCulloch
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Case Ref:
CAT: 4/5
Generics UK Limited/Mylan & Synthon B.V. -and- Yeda Research &
Development Company, Ltd Re: Copaxone / Glatiramer Acetate
Reading time: 2 days
Sitting time: 12 - 13 days
WINDOW : 5 days from
16 April 2018
Representatives
Claimant’s:
FIXED ON:
12 May 2017
Piers Acland QC, Kathryn Pickard, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Simon Cohen, Taylor Wessing
Judgment reserved on
Defendant’s:
Andrew Waugh QC, Stuart Barron, 3 New Square
Solicitors: Neil Jenkins, Bird & Bird
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
CAT:4
Philips –and- (1) HTC (2) Acer (3) Asus (trial 2)
Reading time: 1 day
Sitting time:
5 day
Case Ref: HP-2015-000023
WINDOW : 5 day window
23.04.18
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Mark Vanhegan QC and Adam Gamsa, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Bristows LLP, James Boon
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel for Asus: Tom Hinchcliffe QC
Solicitors:
Counsel for HTC: Iain Purvis QC, 11 South Square and James Abrahams QC, 8
New Square
Solicitors: Hogan Lovells, Dominic Hoar
NCN:
Heard by:
Reading time:
Olaplex -v- (1) L'Oreal (2) Henkel
Sitting time:
Case Ref: HP-2016-000056
WINDOW: 5 day from
23.04.18
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Iain Purvis QC and Katherine Moggridge, 11 South Square and 3 New
Square
Solicitors: Hogan Lovells, Stephen Bennett
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Defendants
Counsel: Mark Chacksfield, 8 New Square
Solicitors: Baker & McKenzie
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time:
Case Ref: HP-2016-000066
CAT:4
Nokia Technologies OY v (1) Apple Inc (2) Apple Distribution International
(3) Apple Retail UK Limited
Representatives
Sitting time:
WINDOW : 8 May 2018
5 day window
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Claimants
Counsel: Michael Tappin QC
Solicitors: Jane Mutimear, Bird & Bird LLP
Ref: RAHV/JMM/NOKTE.0012
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel: Guy Burkill QC & Brian Nicholson
Solicitors: Paul Brown, Hogan Lovells LLP
Ref:
NCN:
Heard by:
**new**
CAT 4/5
Reading time: 3 days
Sitting time: 20 days
Case Ref: HP-2016-000061
(1) Semtech EMEA Limited (2) Gennum UK Limted v Hilight
Semiconduncntor Limited
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Michael Silverleaf QC, Chris Hall, David Ivison, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Irwin Mitchell Ref: Rob Coleridge
WINDOW :
five day window from 11
June 2018
FIXED ON
10 May 2017
Judgment reserved on
Defendants
Counsel: Alex Charlton QC, Matthew Lavy, 4 Pump Court
Solicitors: Clyde & Co Ref: Donald McCombie
Judgment given on
Heard by:
NCN:
Reading time: 1 day
CAT 4
Philips –and- (1) HTC (2) Acer (3) Asus (trial 1)
Case Ref: HP-2015-000023
Sitting time: 5 days
WINDOW :
18 June 2018
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Mark Vanhegan QC and Adam Gamsa, 11 South Square
Solicitors: Bristows LLP, James Boon
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel for Asus: Tom Hinchcliffe QC
Solicitors:
Counsel for HTC: and James Abrahams QC, 8 New Square
Solicitors: Hogan Lovells, Dominic Hoar
NCN:
Heard by:
CAT 4
Reading time: 1 day
(1) Synthon Biopharmaceuticals B.V (2) Stichting Sanquin Bloevoorziening v
Forty Seven Inc re EP 2282772
Sitting time: 5 days + 1 day
closing
Case Ref: HP-2016-000064
WINDOW :
16 July 2018
Representatives
Claimants
Counsel: Michael Tappin QC
Solicitors: Powell Gilbert
FIXED ON
Judgment reserved on
Judgment given on
Defendants
Counsel: Piers Acland
Solicitors: Bird and Bird
Heard by:
NCN: