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Charter for Fairness 202422 March 20248 New Square continues to work hard to ensure equality at the Bar, and in recognition has been awarded the Charter for Fairness 2024 by the E&D Subcommittee of the Chancery Bar Association.  The committee review included chambers policies, processes for work allocation, career development, training, marketing and earnings at the Chancery Bar.
KCLBMS IP Moot20 March 20248 New Square is a proud sponsor of King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society. 8 New Square’s Justin Turner KC judged the final rounds of the IP Moot, and the participants were delighted to receive his expertise on advocacy and IP law. The finalists were Kwoh Dong (Senior Appellant), Wai Sum Che (Sasha) (Senior […]
Craig Wright v COPA/BTC Core14 March 2024Beth Collett acted for the developers in the identity issue trial of Craig Wright v COPA/BTC Core, led by Alex Gunning KC of One Essex Court.  After six weeks in court, the Judge gave an immediate ex tempore ruling based on the overwhelming evidence that Dr Wright is not the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, nor did […]
Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 234 (IPEC)9 February 2024Iona Berkeley appeared for the Claimant (“Wise”), and four potential additional parties, three of which were resisting an application to join them to a passing off counterclaim brought by the Defendants (“the Application”). The Application was heard by Pat Treacy, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in IPEC. The original claim brought by the […]
Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names9 February 2024The 17th edition of Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names was published in December 2023.  This title is the most comprehensive and authoritative guidance on the law of trade marks and trade names. 8 New Square’s Tom Moody-Stuart KC, Professor David Llewelyn, Iona Berkeley and Ashton Chantrielle are co-authors, together with The Hon […]
5* JUVE Patent Ranking17 January 2024In the recently published JUVE Patent Rankings, 8 New Square was the only UK set to be given a 5* rating.  It received commendation for its telecommunications and FRAND work, its visibility across the field of IP and its commitment to equality and diversity among current and prospective tenants.  
Safestand v Weston Homes [2023] EWHC 3250 (Pat)19 December 2023Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Henry Edwards represented the Claimant (“Safestand”) in proceedings brought against the Defendants (“Weston”) for infringement of three of Safestand’s patents, and three of its registered designs (“RRDs”). Weston counterclaimed for invalidity of (i) two of the patents (“EP 738” and “UK 822”), for obviousness; and (ii) all three RRDs, based on […]
Tyburn Film Productions v Broughton & Ors [2023] EWHC 3247 (Ch)8 December 2023Tom Moody-Stuart KC and Joshua Marshall appeared for the Claimant (“Tyburn”) and Jonathan Hill appeared for the Fourth and Fifth Defendants (together, “the Defendants”), in the Defendants’ application to strike out and/or obtain summary judgment on Tyburn’s unjust enrichment claim against them. The application, and Tyburn’s claims against other defendants in the proceedings, relate to […]
Industrial Cleaning Equipment v Intelligent Cleaning Equipment [2023] EWCA Civ 14516 December 2023James St.Ville KC appeared for the appellant in this trade mark appeal, persuading the Court of Appeal for the first time after Brexit to depart from the case law of the European Court of Justice under section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.  It is now the leading UK case on the requirement […]
Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller-General of Patents [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch)21 November 2023Mark Chacksfield KC and Henry Edwards appeared, instructed by Bruce Dearling of Hepworth Browne, for the successful appellant in this potentially important decision on appeal from the UKIPO.  The core issue was one that has not previously come before the Court: namely the correct application of the exclusion under the Patents Act 1977 for ‘programs […]