Hearings
23 Feb 2018 [2018] EWHC 375 (Pat), Ch D
28 Jun 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 1496; [2019] Bus LR 648; [2018] WLR(D) 400, CA (Floyd LJ, Birss J)
Glaxo Group Ltd v Vectura Ltd
Subject Matter
PATENT — Remedy — Declaration — Claimants bringing revocation and non-infringement proceedings — Claimants further seeking declaration that their products or processes obvious as at priority date of patents — Application to strike out claim for declaratory relief — Proper approach of judge to application — Whether claim to be struck out
[2018] EWCA Civ 1496; [2019] Bus LR 648; [2018] WLR(D) 400, CA
Appellate History
Glaxo Group Ltd v Vectura Ltd [2018] EWHC 375 (Pat), Ch D
Decision of Judge Hacon sitting as a judge of the Chancery Division reversed
Glaxo Group Ltd v Vectura Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1496; [2019] Bus LR 648; [2018] WLR(D) 400, CA
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: Glaxo Group Ltd v Vectura Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1496; [2019] Bus LR 648; [2018] WLR(D) 400, CA
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: Glaxo Group Ltd v Vectura Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1496; [2019] Bus LR 648; [2018] WLR(D) 400, CA
Altimo Holdings and Investment Ltd v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd [2011] UKPC 7; [2012] 1 WLR 1804; [2011] 4 All ER 1027; [2012] 1 All ER (Comm) 319; [2011] 1 CLC 205; Case details; Case details; Case details; Case details, PC
Arrow Generics Ltd v Merck & Co Inc [2007] EWHC 1900 (Pat); [2008] Bus LR 487, Ch D
Cairnstores Ltd [2002] EWHC 309 (Ch), Ch D
Financial Services Authority v Rourke [2001] EWHC 704 (Ch); [2002] CP Rep 14, Ch D
Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co Ltd v AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1; [2018] Bus LR 228, CA
Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co Ltd v Abbvie Biotechnology Ltd [2017] EWHC 395 (Pat); [2019] RPC 14, Ch D
Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Yeda Research And Development Co Ltd [2017] EWHC 2629 (Pat), Ch D
Gillette Safety Razor Co v Anglo-American Trading Co Ltd (1913) 30 RPC 465, HL(E)
Messier-Dowty Ltd v Sabena SA [2000] 1 WLR 2040; [2001] 1 All ER 275; [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 428, CA
Nokia Corpn v InterDigital Technology Corpn [2006] EWCA Civ 1618; [2007] FSR 570, CA
Cases citing
Cases citing: Glaxo Group Ltd v Vectura Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1496; [2019] Bus LR 648; [2018] WLR(D) 400, CA
Mexichem UK Ltd v Honeywell International Inc [2020] EWCA Civ 473, CA
Pfizer Ltd v F Hoffmann-La Roche AG [2019] EWHC 1520 (Pat); [2019] RPC 14, Ch D
Philip Morris Products SA v Nicoventures Trading Ltd [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat), Ch D
Teva UK Ltd v Novartis AG [2022] EWCA Civ 1617; [2023] Bus LR 820; [2022] WLR(D) 491, CA
easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1508; [2024] Bus LR 141; [2024] WLR(D) 4, CA