Information Technology Law Reports - Volume 4 - Issue 4

Lantana Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Subnom in the Name of Lantana Ltd
High Court of Justice
Chancery Division
Birss J
4 September 2013
[2013] EWHC 2673

Patent - computer programs - electronic retrieval system - patentability - exclusions from patentability - Patents Act 1977 section 1(2) - European Patent Convention 2000 - appeal dismissed.

Paramount Home Entertainment International Ltd and 5 Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and 5 Others
High Court of Justice
Chancery Division
Arnold J
13 November 2013
[2013] EWHC 3479 (Ch)

Injunctions - blocking access to websites - internet service providers - downloads and hyperlinks copyright in films and television programmes - copyright infringement - communicating works to the public - section 20 and section 97A Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Article 3(1) Directive 2001/29 - judgment granted.

CBS Butler Ltd v (1) Joe Brown (2) Alastair Millar (3) Peopleforce Recruitment Ltd
High Court of Justice
Queen's Bench Division
Tugendhat J
16 December 2013
[2013] EWHC 3944 (QB)

Disclosure - confidential information - search order - inspection - expert to conduct disclosure - Civil Procedure Rules PD 31B (Disclosure of Electronic Documents) 2010 - application refused.