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TABLE OF CITED CASES NOTED IN JUDGMENTS AND
DECISIONS REPORTED
Notes
* denotes case distinguished/criticised/overruled etc.
In Cases 19 and 30, which feature an Advocate-General’s Opinion preceding the
Judgment, the prefix ‘AG’ has been used to denote paragraphs in the Opinion
(though this is not used in the text).
References are by case number (bold), followed by paragraph number (plain).
n = footnote.
Case and
paragraph no.
A
Abbott Ireland v Evysio Medical Devices ULC, 14 January 2009, Tribunal de Grande
Instance, Paris (unreported)................................................................ 6.H64, 6.317
G 02/08, ABBOTT RESPIRATORY/Dosage regime [2010] E.P.O.R. 26, EPO Enlarged
BoA ........................................................................................................ 6.55, 24.53
C-435/12, ACI Adam BV v Stichting de Thuiskopie, EU:C:2014:254, [2014] ECDR 13,
CJEU ...................................................................................26.H23, 26.191, 26.198
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2012] EWHC 3316 (Pat), Pat Ct......... 6.H5, 6.2
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2013] EWCA Civ 517, [2015] R.P.C. 37, CA6.H5,
6.2
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2013] EWHC 3749 (Pat), Pat Ct6.H5, 6.7, 6.372
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2014] EWHC 838 (Pat), Pat Ct..................... 6.8
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2014] EWHC 839 (Pat), Pat Ct..................... 6.8
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2014] EWHC 1511 (Pat), [2015] R.P.C. 6,
Pat Ct............................................................................................................... 7.109
Actavis Group PTC EHF v Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmBH & Co KG [2013]
EWHC 2927 (Pat), Pat Ct ............................................. 25.H15–H16, 25.26, 25.30
Actavis Group PTC EHF v Sanofi [2012] EWHC 2545 (Pat), [2013] R.P.C. 24, Pat
Ct .............................................................................................................. 8.21, 8.23
Actavis UK Ltd v Merck & Co Inc [2008] EWCA Civ 444, [2009] 1 WLR 1186, [2008]
R.P.C. 26, CA ....................... 6.H25, 6.H2524.H23, 6.50, 24.H15, 24.H19, 24.64–
67, 25.120, 25.123, 25.128
C-48/05, Adam Opel AG v Autec AG [2007] E.C.R. I-1017, [2007] E.T.M.R. 33,
ECJ .....................................................................7.144, 22.H23, 22.83, 22.113–117
C-408/01, Adidas-Salomon AG v Fitnessworld Trading Ltd [2003] E.C.R. I-12537,
[2004] F.S.R. 21, ECJ ...................................................................... 22.H20, 22.86
Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd; Macrossan’s Patent Application [2006] EWCA
Civ 1371, [2007] R.P.C. 7, CA.......................... 16.H6, 16.H14–H16, 16.8, 16.36,
16.56, 16.59, 16.65
AGA Medical Corporation v Occlutech (UK) Ltd [2013] EWHC 3180 (Pat), Pat
Ct ...................................................................................................................... 12.8
C-51/10P, Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. v OHIM, EU:C:2011:139, [2011]
E.C.R. I-1541, [2011] E.T.M.R. 34, CJEU ............... 22.H14, 22.57, 31.H5, 31.19
T 871/08, AKZO NOBEL NV/Process and composition for the production of hydrogen
peroxide, EPO BoA, 8 December 2011 (unreported) ..................... 32.H12, 32.36
Alcon v Corneal, 16 November 2007, Tribunal de Grande Instance, Paris
(unreported)..................................................................................................... 6.312
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Case and
paragraph no.
C-521/11, Amazon.com International Sales Inc v Austro-Mechana Gesellschaft
zur Wahrnehmung mechanisch-musikalischer Urheberrechte Gesellschaft
mbH, EU:C:2013:515, [2014] 1 CMLR 11, [2013] ECDR 12, CJEU..... 26.H20,
26.162
American Cyanamid v Ethicon [1975] AC 396, [1975] R.P.C. 513, [1975] F.S.R. 101,
HL ................................................................................................................. 24.101
American Home Products Corp v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd [2001] R.P.C. 8,
CA ................................................................................................. 6.93, 6.99, 6.148
C-245/02, Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budĕjovický Budvar NP [2004] E.C.R. I-10989,
[2005] E.T.M.R. 27, ECJ .................. 7.144, 22.H19, 22.H23, 22.48, 22.83, 22.85,
22.107–112, 22.116, 22.131, 22.162
Anne Frank-Fonds v The Benelux Intellectual Property Organisation (OBPI), Brussels
Court of Appeal (9th Chamber), 3 October 2013 (unreported)................ 31.H11,
31.14–16, 31.23, 31.28
C-40/01, Ansul BV v Ajax Brandbeveiliging BV [2003] E.C.R. I-2439, [2003] R.P.C.
40, CJEU .....................................................................................15.H8, 15.9, 15.18
T-47/06, Antartica Srl v OHIM, EU:T:2007:131, [2007] E.C.R. II-42, [2007] E.T.M.R.
77, CFI ............................................................................................................ 18.29
C-320/07 P, Antartica Srl v OHIM [2009] E.C.R. I-28, [2009] E.T.M.R. 47,
ECJ ...........................................................................................................18.29
C-420/07, Apostolides v Orams, EU:C:2009:271, [2009] E.C.R. I-3571, [2011] QB
519, ECJ............................................................................................ 30.H14, 30.25
C-206/01, Arsenal Football Club v Reed [2002] E.C.R. I-10273, [2003] R.P.C. 9,
ECJ .............................. 7.144, 7.146, 22.H22–H23, 22.83, 22.93–106, 22.131–133
Askey v Golden Wine Co Ltd [1948] 2 All ER 35, KBD ..................................... 10.29
C-97/86, 99/86, 193/86 and 251/86, Asteris v Commission, EU:C:1988:199, [1988]
E.C.R. 2181, ECJ............................................................................................ 19.63
AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP’s Patent Application [2009] EWHC 343 (Pat), [2009]
F.S.R. 19, Pat Ct...................................... 16.H6, 16.H8–H9, 16.H17, 16.10, 16.68
Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers (No. 2) (“Spycatcher”) [1990] 1 AC 109,
[1989] 2 F.S.R. 181, HL .......................................... 11.H12, 11.48, 12.H17, 12.39
Auchincloss v Agricultural & Veterinary Supplies Ltd [1997] R.P.C. 649, Pat
Ct ................................................................................................. 32.H12, 32.22–23
C-25/05, August Storck KG v OHIM [2006] E.C.R. I-5719, ECJ ............ 14.H9, 14.20
Authors Guild Inc v HathiTrust, 755 F.3 d 87 (9 Cir. 2014), US CA (9
Cir.) ................................................................................................. 28.H27, 28.108
Autonomy Corporation Ltd’s Patent Application [2008] EWHC 1461 (Pat), [2008]
R.P.C. 16, Pat Ct ............................................................................................ (...truncated)