DKH Retail Ltd v Republic (Retail) Ltd: ChD 3 Apr 2012

The claimant had begun its action complaining of infringement of unregistered design right in the High Court. The defendant applied to have the case heard in the Patents County Court.
Held: The current practice, under which such a decision was made by the transferring court was the correct one, and was within the Civil Procedure Rules.

Judges:

Birss QC J

Citations:

[2012] EWHC 877 (Ch), [2012] WLR(D) 109, [2012] Bus LR 1363

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Statutes:

Civil Procedure Rules

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Intellectual Property, Litigation Practice

Updated: 23 October 2022; Ref: scu.452449