Laddie J said: ‘I have to resolve a dispute between the parties on the issue of costs following on from the determination of the preliminary issues ordered to be heard by His Honour Judge Behrens. It is difficult to summarise the complex multifaceted dispute which exists between the parties and in relation to which the determination of the preliminary issues arose. The issues I had to concern myself with related to the ownership of the design rights in the parts from which conservatories are made, whether a case of infringement by the defendants have been out and whether design rights subsisted. However this is just a part of what is really a very big and convoluted dispute. ‘
Judges:
Laddie J
Citations:
[2003] EWHC 242 (Ch)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
See Also – Ultraframe UK Limited v Clayton, Fielding and Others ChD 3-Oct-2002
The claimants asserted infringement of their registered design rights in parts used in their double glazing and conservatory units. ‘Therefore it is possible for design right to subsist in the design of the part of the article which is not excluded . .
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Costs, Intellectual Property
Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.227063
