Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 430 (May)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Pumfrey J

Representation Andrew Waugh QC and Justin Turner (instructed by Simmons & Simmons) for the claimants.
  Antony Watson QC and Colin Birss (instructed by Taylor Wessing) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates: 26 May 2005

Catchwords

Injunctions - Interim injunction - Injunction to prevent infringement of patent - Enquiry on cross-undertaking - Entitlement of non-party to recover losses arising from injunction - Direction for preliminary issue.

The Case

Preliminary issues would be directed in order to determine questions arising in the course of proceedings, where as applications under CPR3.4 were intended to strike out unarguable contentions, and should be approached differently.

Practice Areas

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