The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jacob gave a talk on 'Recent Cases on Patents and Trade Marks'. Friday 9th February 2007 at the Faculty of Law (G24) at 5 pm.
Lord Justice Jacob explained recent Court of Appeal cases concerning computer related inventions (Aerotel, Macrossan [2006] EWCA Civ 1371 27 October 2006), non-obviousness (Angiotech v Conor Medsystems, [2007] EWCA Civ 5, CA, 16 Jan 2007), and comparative advertising (O2 v Hutchinson 3G [2006] EWCA Civ 1656, 5 December 2006) as well as giving his views on ECJ cases on trade marks including Adam Opel CG v Autec, Case C-48/05 of 25 January 2007.