Future New Developments Ltd. v. B&S Patente und Marke GmbH, High Court of Justice, London, UK, 9 June 2014, Case No IP 14 M 00027

The UK court has held that participation by a German entity in prior proceedings before the UK Intellectual Property Office (that is, the UK patent office) meant that the Germany entity had entered an appearance for the purpose of establishing whether the UK court had jurisdiction to determine an entitlement dispute.

Read the decision (in English) here.

Head note: Graham Burnett-Hall