George McCubbin

Jan 16, 2024 | mondaq.com | George McCubbin |Rachel Montagnon |Heather Newton |Peter Dalton

In the IP world, 2024 started with headlines that Disney's Mickey Mouse (or at least a version of him) is now in the public domain. Two horror films and a video game about Disney's famous icon were announced just days into the New Year. But what does it mean to say that a character has entered the public domain? And what can people do with Mickey that they could not do before?

Nov 3, 2023 | mondaq.com | George McCubbin

In May 2023 we reported on the IP infringement decision of the Californian District Court, in relation to the dispute between the creators of the Bored Aped Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collection, Yuga Labs, and the 'artists' Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen. In that decision, the Court found against the defendants and, on 25 October 2023, the order for damages was handed down. This blog post looks at the recent damages decisions and its implications.

Nov 2, 2023 | law360.com | George McCubbin

On Oct. 17, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales handed down the Law360, London (November 2, 2023, 11:33 AM GMT) -- long-awaited judgment in Astellas Pharma Industries Ltd. v. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Sandoz Ltd., some 14 months after trial. The case concerned the patent infringement action commenced by Astellas against Teva and Sandoz, in relation to their proposed generic mirabegron tablets, which are used to treat overactive bladder syndrome.

Oct 19, 2023 | lexology.com | George McCubbin |Sebastian Moore |Jonathan Turnbull |Andrew Wells

On 17 October 2023, Mr Justice Mellor of the UK High Court handed down the long-awaited judgment (some 14 months after trial) in the patent infringement action commenced by Astellas against Teva and Sandoz, in relation to their proposed generic mirabegron tablets, which is used to treat overactive bladder. The action between the parties concerned EP 2,345,410 (EP’410), a modified release formulation patent with a priority date of 2008.

Jul 27, 2023 | mondaq.com | George McCubbin |Rachel Montagnon |Andrew Moir |Charlie Morgan

As we reported in February, Dr Craig Wright, who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, is asserting three Bitcoin-related copyright claims against a number of entities. The earlier decision considered the question of whether or not Dr Wright could serve the proceedings on defendants out of the jurisdiction – which requires that there is a serious issue to be tried on the merits of the claim.