Norwich Pharmacal Co and others v Customs and Excise Commissioners: ChD 1972

The court considered an application for an order that the other party identify third party wrong-doers.

Citations:

[1972] 1 All ER 972

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Appeal from (revresed)Norwich Pharmacal Co and others v Customs and Excise Commissioners CA 2-Jan-1972
The plaintiffs sought discovery of the names of patent infringers from the defendant third party, submitting that by analogy with trade mark and passing-off cases, the Customs could be ordered to give discovery of the names.
Held: Buckley LJ . .
At First InstanceNorwich Pharmacal Co and others v Customs and Excise Commissioners HL 26-Jun-1973
Innocent third Party May still have duty to assist
The plaintiffs sought discovery from the defendants of documents received by them innocently in the exercise of their statutory functions. They sought to identify people who had been importing drugs unlawfully manufactured in breach of their . .
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Intellectual Property, Litigation Practice

Updated: 14 May 2022; Ref: scu.239095