Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 113 (Aug)
Neutral Citation: [2003] EWHC 2038 (Ch)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Geoffrey Hobbs QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court

Representation Michael Bloch QC and Piers Acland (instructed by Clifford Chance LLP) for the claimant.
  James Mellor (instructed by Wedlake Bell) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 22 August 2003

Catchwords

Practice and procedure - Judgment - Summary judgment - Application - Claimant alleging infringement of copyright and database rights - Sufficiency of evidence.

The Case

The defendant in proceedings which concerned, inter alia, alleged infringement of the claimant's database rights, applied for the grant of summary judgment. There was insufficient evidence to determine the issues of fact which arose. Accordingly, the application would be dismissed.

Practice Areas

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