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On August 28, 2020, the Supreme People's Court of China (SPC) granted anti-suit injunctions involving three Chinese standard essential patents (SEPs) owned by Conversant. The three patents protect LTE and [...]

Setting the Scene This practice note considers the applicable legal principles in respect of an application for a springboard injunction as well as key takeaways for employers seeking to protect [...]

Two key decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in Merck, Sharp & Dohme v Clonmel Healthcare Limited and Betty Martin Financial Services Limited v EBS DAC have [...]

Introduction: In a recent decision 1, a single Judge of the High Court of Delhi ('High Court') had the occasion to delineate the meaning and scope of anti-arbitration injunction suits [...]

Byline: William Wan;Laurie McGinley In a decision expected to send a chill through the booming stem cell industry, a federal judge ruled in favor of the Food and Drug Administration [...]

In the case of Re Nicolaou Bros Tourist Enterprises Ltd (1999) 1 AAD 201, the Supreme Court of Cyprus, by adopting English legal principles, recognized inter alia the jurisdiction of [...]

In a recent case the tenant applied to court for an injunction preventing its neighbour from increasing the height of its building and infringing it's right to light. The neighbouring [...]

In 1994, Karaha Bodas Company, LLC (KBC), a Cayman Islands company entered into a joint venture with Pertamina, an oil and gas company owned and controlled by the Republic of [...]

Japanese-based Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. (Defendant), one of the Defendants, and Goss International Corporation (Plaintiff), a Delaware company, both manufacture and supply newspaper printing presses and press additions. Between 1991 [...]

Introduction A recent High Court decision 1 has confirmed that when faced with an injunction application, the court will examine the precise nature of the order sought in considering whether [...]

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected American Express Co.'s request to stay an injunction ordered by a judge in the Eastern District of New [...]

For a few days this month, it was illegal in Oklahoma for a state judge to base a court decision on Islamic religious law or consider any form of international [...]

Formula One teams failed to resolve the dispute over a proposed budget cap in a meeting with Max Mosley, the FIA president. Ferrari filed an injunction in a French court […]

Byline: AP Richmond, Va. -- The Vermont rock band Phish is asking a federal judge to block the sale of bootleg merchandise at its upcoming reunion concerts in Hampton, Va. [...]

Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Temporary Injunction - Discovery - Final Determination Although a court may consider the merits of a case to the extent necessary to determine [...]

The High Court in London upheld the lifetime ban imposed on Dwain Chambers in 2003 after the British sprinter confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs. Chambers was seeking an injunction so [...]

Byline: ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY VANCOUVER -- British Columbia Transmission Corp. had two legal victories yesterday in an ongoing dispute with Delta residents opposed to a power-line project through Tsawwassen. The [...]

Byline: Deborah Elkins Intellectual Property - Wordmark - Tool Reimbursement Plan - Injunction Plaintiff tool reimbursement plan wins a preliminary injunction from a Richmond U.S. District Court against a former [...]

Byline: SARAH BOESVELD; With a report from Anna Mehler Paperny The British Columbia Transmission Company has won a court injunction that allows it to go ahead with construction of power [...]

Byline: CAMPBELL CLARK; With a report from Patrick Brethour in Vancouver OTTAWA -- The Conservatives are going to court to stop their Liberal rivals from using a tape of Stephen [...]

Byline: CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD; cblatchford@globeandmail.com If ever you wondered why there is a National Day of Action for Canada's aboriginal people - it's today - you should have been at the [...]

Byline: MICHAEL POSNER Sometimes, the best theatre in town happens off the stage. Claiming conspiracy, fraud, a breach of the Competition Act and irreparable harm, Toronto theatre impresario Aubrey Dan [...]

Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- With the 2008 presidential election on the horizon, the US Supreme Court on Monday summarily dismissed an appeal [...]

Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks and banking Security breach Where (1) criminals hacked into the computer systems of the defendant and compromised the security of at least 47 million [...]

Byline: Staff Toronto -- Canadian folk singer Loreena McKennitt has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former employee and would-be biographer, her London lawyers announced Friday. In a landmark 2005 [...]

Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks and banking Sale of 'gift certificates' - Preemption Where New Hampshire passed a statute restricting the sale of "gift certificates," including stored value [...]

Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Contingency fee agreement - Damages Where a defendant has breached a contingency fee agreement with the plaintiff law firm, the plaintiff will be awarded [...]

Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks and banking Sale of 'gift certificates' - Preemption Where New Hampshire passed a statute restricting the sale of "gift certificates," including stored value giftcards [...]

News Release: 5 December, 2012, FISMCA Decision No. 10920/2011 (Injunctions Procedure) In a decision handed down on November 8, 2011, the First Instance Single- Member Court of Athens (Injunctions Procedure) [...]

But today the panel majority seeks to unring the bell . . . . The now merged entity and the markets no doubt will be confused if not bewildered by [...]

Originally published 10 February 2009 Keywords: Anti-suit injunctions, ECJ, West Tankers, arbitration agreement, contractual right Introduction In a landmark decision released today in the case of West Tankers,1 the European [...]

Originally published October 29, 2008 Yesterday saw noteworthy consumer class action decisions from the Eleventh and Seventh Circuits—both wins for defendants. Vacating a $22 million class action judgment, the Eleventh [...]

Courts Have Power To Grant Injunctions Against Parties Outside Their Jurisdiction Late last spring, a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that the provinces' Superior Courts have the jurisdiction to [...]

'Deceptive similarity' is one of the vital tribulations that is sought to be resolved by the Trademarks Act, 1999. As per section 2 (h) a mark shall be deemed to [...]

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has recently granted a Mareva Injunction in the case of KTH Capital v. China One et al against a Cayman registered company controlled [...]

In arbitration, as with litigation, parties may sometimes need to invoke the assistance of the courts to ensure that proceedings are not derailed by the other party. Common examples of [...]

In common law countries, an anti-suit injunction is a common type of injunction. It enables a party to ask the court to grant an injunction restraining another party from pursuing [...]

Belgian technology developers Lernout & Hauspie [NASDAQ:LHSP] Speech Products reportedly announced early today that a US court has amended an injunction against them which allows them to continue to develop [...]