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Ad&E Adolphus & Ellis's Reports, King's Bench Division
All ER All England Law Reports
BL Court (C) or Office (O) decisions in British Library (Patents Section)
Ch Law Reports: Chancery Division
CMLR Common Market Law Reports
Con LR Construction Law Reports
CP Rep Civil Procedure Reports
ECHR European Court of Human Rights
EHRR European Human Rights Reports
EW... *Neutral citation number for Court of Appeal, High Court and Patents County Court cases
FSR Fleet Street Reports
IRLR Industrial Relations Law Reports
Lloyd's Rep
Lloyd's Law Reports
QB Law Reports: Queen's Bench Division
RPC Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases
UKHL *Neutral citation number for House of Lords cases
WLR Weekly Law Reports
WN Weekly Notes (Law Reports

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Table of cases referenced in the Patents Hearings Manual:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A v Hoare The Times, 28 April 2006 1.67
Actavis UK Limited v Merck & Co Inc [2008] EWCA Civ 444 1.88
Admiral Management Services Ltd v Para-Protect Europe Ltd [2002] EWHC 233 (Ch), [2002] FSR 59 3.101
ADRENALIN Trade Mark Application BL O/040/02 5.49
Air Foyle Limited v Center Capital Ltd [2002] EWHC 2535 (Comm), [2003] Lloyd's Rep 753 1.97
Akewushola v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2000] 1 WLR 2295 5.68
Albright & Wilson's Patent BL O/46/95 6.62
Aleshin v Sony United Kingdom Ltd BL O/056/05 2.71
Allergan Inc v Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA BL O/271/06 1.14
Alliance & Leicester plc's Trade Mark Application [2002] RPC 29 4.92
American Home Products v Novartis Pharmaceuticals [2001] EWCA Civ 165, [2001] FSR 41 3.52
Anderson's Application BL O/297/02 1.21
Anheuser-Busch Inc v Portugal [2005] ECHR 686, [2007] ECHR 40 1.21
Annodeus Entertainment v Gibson The Times, 3 March 2000 2.67
Antiphon AB's Application [1984] RPC 1 1.60
Anufrijeva v Southwark London Borough Council [2003] EWCA Civ 1406, [2004] 2 WLR 603 1.21
Apple Corps v Apple Computer. [1992] FSR 389 3.57
Armstrong v First York Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 277, [2005] 1 WLR 2751 3.71
Arpad Toth v David Michael Jarman [2006] EWCA (Civ) 1028 3.72
ASI Solutions PLC v Nu-Phalt Ltd BL O/154/06 5.49
Associated British Combustion's Application [1978] RPC 581 7.19
Attridge Law (a Firm) and Another v Coleman The Times 12 Jan 2007 1.93
Autospin (Oil Seals) v Beehive Spinning [1995] RPC 683, BL C/50/95 3.80
Azrak-Hamway International's Application [1997] RPC 134 1.69;1.93
Babbing v Kirklees Metropolitan Council [2004] EWCA Civ 1431, The Times, 4 Nov 04 4.08
Balabel v Air India [1988] 1 Ch 317 3.96
Barnetson v Framlington Group Limited [2007] EWCA Civ 502 3.100
Baxter Healthcare Corporation & Ors v Abbott Laboratories & Ors [2007] EWHC 348 (Pat) 3.13
Beck v Ministry of Defence [2003] EWCA Civ 1043, [2005] 1 WLR 2206 3.77
Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents [2008] EWHC 2763 (Pat) 6.19.1
Bonzel & Schneider (Europe) AG v Intervention Ltd [1991] RPC 43 3.57
Bracco Spa v General Hospital Corporation [2000] FSR 633 2.75
British American Tobacco v The Netherlands [1996] 21 EHRR 409 1.20-21
British Leyland Motor Corporation v Wyatt Interpart [1979] FSR 39 3.45
British Celanese v Courtaulds [1935] 52 RPC 171 3.73
Brockhouse Plc v Davis BL O/100/85 1.102
Brooks and Cope's Application BL O/71/93 3.68
Building Products Design Ltd v Sandtoft Roof Tiles Ltd (No 2) [2004] FSR 41 1.105
Cairnstores Ltd v Aktiebolaget Hassle [2002] EWCA Civ 1504, [2003 FSR 23] 3.82
Cala Homes (South) v Alfred McAlpine Homes East [1995] FSR 818 3.80
Canada Sugar Refining v R. [1998] AC 735 1.48
Cantor Fitzgerald International v Tradition (U.K.) [2000] RPC 95 3.80
Centri-Spry Corp v Cera International [1979] FSR 175 3.55
Cerise Innovation Technology v Abdulhayoglu and Comodo Technology Development BL O/355/99 2.68
Cerise Innovation Technology v Abdulhayoglu BL O/177/99 3.47
Chiron Corporation v Murex Diagnostics (No 9) [1995] FSR 318 2.36
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG v Nestle Co Ltd [1978] RPC 287 3.100
Cinpres Gas Injection Limited v Melea Limited [2008] EWCA Civ 9 1.97
Clear Focus Imaging v Contra Vision BL O/137/00 7.38
Clear Focus Imaging v Contra Vision 16/11/2001 (unreported) 3.29
Coal Industry (Patents)'s Patent [1994] RPC 661 1.42,3.06, 3.12, 6.09
Cobbold v London Borough of Greenwich 09/08/1999 (unreported) 2.41
COFFEEMIX Trade Mark [1998] RPC 717 2.39
Coflexip SA v Stolt Offshore MS Ltd (No 2) [2004] EWCA Civ 213, [2004] FSR 34 1.96
Colchester Estates (Cardiff) v Carlton Industries plc [1986] 1 Ch 80 1.86
Compagnie Financiere du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano (1882) 11 QB 55 3.40
Copeland v Smith [2000] 1 WLR 1371 4.112
Courtlands's Application 61 RPC 55 5.23
Crown Cork and Seal Technologies Corp v Calix Technology Ltd BL O/062/03 5.41
Darenth Vending Services's Patent BL O/46/94 6.12
De Coster v College des Bourgmestre et Echevins de Watermael-Boitsfort (C-17/00) [2002] 1 CMLR 12 1.93
Demon Ale Trade Mark [2000] RPC 345 2.39
Denso Corporation v NGK Spark Plug Co Ltd BL O/076/03, BL O/327/03 1.46, 3.32, 3.72
Derby & Co v Weldon The Times, 9 Nov 1990 3.79
DLP Limited [2007] EWHC 2669 (Pat) 1.07.1, 7.06
Du Pont de Nemours and Co (Rebouillat's) Applications [1996] RPC 740 5.50, 5.51
Dyson Ltd v Qualtex (UK) Ltd [2004] EWHC 2981 (Ch), [2005] RPC 19 1.102
Dyson Ltd's Trade Mark Application [2003] EWHC 1062 (Ch), [2003] RPC 47 7.06
E's Application [1983] RPC 231 1.39,1.56,1.60
EDO Technology Ltd v Campaign to Smash EDO The Times, 24 May 2006 2.41
English v Emery Reimbold and Strick Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 605, [2002] 3 All ER 385 1.20
Entertainments UK Ltd's Patent [2002] RPC 11 2.71
EPI Environmental Technologies Inc v Symphony Plastic Technologies plc [2004] EWHC 2945 (Ch), [2005] 1 WLR 3456 4.102
Ex parte Davis, In re Davis [1872] 7 Ch 526 1.66
Farmers Build v Carier Bulk Materials Handling [1999] RPC 461 1.53-54
Fidelitas Shipping Co Ltd's v vlo Exportchleb [1966] 1 QB 630 1.97
Ford Motor Co's Design Application [1994] RPC 545 7.39
Franks' Applications BL O/024/05, O/025/05, O/026/05, O/027/05 1.69
Furr v CD Truline [1985] FSR 553 1.102
Gabalfrisa v AEAT (C 110-147/98) [2002] 1 CMLR 13 1.93
G E Capital Corporate Finance Group v Bankers Trust Co [1995] 1 WLR 172 3.38
Gartside v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1968] AC 553 1.55
GIO Personal Investment Services [1999] 1 WLR 984 4.63, 4.67
Glaverbel SA v British Coal Corporation (No 2) [1993] RPC 90 3.73
Glaverbel SA v British Coal Corporation [1994] RPC 443 3.74, 3.80, 4.45, 4.54
Glaxo Group Limited v Genetech Inc and Biogen Idec Inc [2008] EWCA Civ 23 2.75
Gleeson v J Wippell & Co Ltd [1977] 1 WLR 510 1.104
Goddin and Rennie's Application [1996] RPC 141 7.14, 7.20
Goode v Martin [2001] EWCA Civ 1899, [2002] 1 WLR 1828 1.67
Gravgaard v Aldridge & Brownlee [2004] EWCA Civ 1529, The Times, 2 Dec 04 5.52
Halcon International v The Shell Transport Co [1979] RPC 97 3.57
Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004] EWCA Civ 576, [2004] 1 WLR 3002 1.20, 2.02, 5.38
Harrison's Trade Mark Application [2002] EWHC 3009 (Pat), [2004] FSR 13 5.44
Hartington Conway Ltd's Patent Applications [2003] EWHC 1872 (Ch), [2004] RPC 7 (Court), [2004] RPC 6 (Office) 1.102, 7.05
Hatten v Harris [1892] AC 560 5.10
Hauni-Werke Korber KG's Application [1982] RPC 327 3.20
Hazel Grove (Superleague) v Euro-League Leisure Products [1995] RPC 529 1.102
Helmut Schiller v Advanced Sustainable Energy Technology BL O/48/97 2.83
Henderson v Henderson [1843] 3 Hare 100 1.104
Hodgkinson & Corby v Wards Mobility Services [1997] FSR 178 1.97
Hopgood v Brown [1955] 1 All ER 550 1.102
Hormel Foods Corporation v Antilles Landscape Investments [2005] EWHC 13 (Ch),[2005] RPC 28 1.105
Hubbard v Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority [2001] EWCA Civ 1455, [2002] Lloyd's Rep Med 8 3.78
Ian Carruthers v Ian Carruthers and M&P Fluorescent Fitting BL O/068/98 2.72
ICI v Montedison (UK) [1995] RPC 449 3.73
Ikarian Reefer [1993] FSR 563 3.79
Inco Europe v First Choice Distribution [2000] 1 WLR 586 1.56
Inpro Licensing Sarl's Patent [2006] EWCH 70 (Pat), [2006] RPC 20 3.71
Intel Corporation's Patent [2002] RPC 48 3.12
Interfilta (UK) Ltd's Patent [2003] RPC 22 4.79, 5.67, 6.61-62
International Paint Company's Application [1982] RPC 247 1.49
J Maple & Son Ltd v Pownall BL O/001/04 5.41
Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2001] 2 WLR 72 1.104-106
Johnson v Medical Defence Union [2004] EWHC 2509 (Ch), [2005] FSR 28 3.55
Julian Higgins' Trade Mark Application [2000] RPC 321 2.38
Justwise Group Ltd v Magis S.p.A BL O/126/05 2.71
Kastner v Rizla [1995] RPC 585 1.64
Kay v London Borough of Lambeth [2006] UKHL 10, [2006] 2 WLR 570 1.17
Kirin-Amgen Inc v Boehringer Mannheim [1997] FSR 289 1.97
Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd [2004] UKHL 46 [2005] RPC 9 1.103
Kooltrade Ltd v XTS Ltd [2001] FSR 13 3.100
Ladney and Hendry's International Application [1998] RPC 319 5.18
Langley v North West Water Authority [1991] 3 All ER 610 1.35
Lawal v Northern Spirit Ltd [2003] UKHL 35, [2003] IRLR 538 1.20
Leeds City Council v Price [2005] EWCA Civ 289, [2005] 3 All ER 573 1.17
Lenzing AG's European Patent (UK) [1997] RPC 245 1.69
Lilly Icos Ltd v Pfizer Ltd (No 2) [2002] EWCA Civ 2, [2002] 1 WLR 2253 3.37
Luxim Corp v Ceravision Ltd [2007] EWHC 1624 (Ch), [2007] RPC 33 2.81,7.14
M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Limited v Trek 2000 International Limited and Anr [2008] EWCH 102 (Pat) 1.94
Macrossan's Application [2006] EWCH 705 (Ch) 6.19, 6.33
Markem Corporation v Zipher Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 267, [2005] RPC 31 1.20
Martinez's Patent [1983] RPC 307 1.91
Masterman's Design [1991] RPC 89 7.31
Mattell Inc v Woolbro (Distributors) Ltd [2003] EWHC 2412 (Ch), [2004] FSR 12 3.91
Meadow v General Medical Council [2006] EWCH 146 (Admin), [2006] 1 WLR 1452 3.82.1
Medicaments & related classes of goods No.2 [2001] 1 WLR 700 1.20
Merck & Co Inc's Patents [2004] EWCA Civ 1545, [2004] FSR 16 7.05
Meredith v Colleys Valuation Services Ltd [2001] EWCA Civ 1456, [2002] CP Rep 10 1.45
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals's (Terfenadine) Patent [1991] RPC 221 3.41, 3.44
Microsonics Corporation's Application [1984] RPC 29 3.19
Minnesota Mining and Minerals v Rennicks (UK) Ltd [2000] FSR 727 2.75
Mitchell v United Kingdom ECHR Case No 44808/98, The Times, 28 Dec 2002 1.20
Molnlycke AB v Procter and Gamble (No 3) [1990] RPC 498 3.45
Molnlycke AB v Procter and Gamble (No 5) [1994] RPC 49 3.76
Morgan Est (Scotland) Ltd v Hanson Concrete Products Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 134, [2005] 3 All ER 135 1.77
Nachf's Application [1983] RPC 87 7.38
Nasser v United Bank of Kuwait [2001] EWCA Civ 556, [2002] 1 WLR 1868 2.87
Natwest Lombard Factors v Arbis The Times 10 December 1999 1.77
Navitaire Inc v Easyjet Airline Co Ltd and another [2005] EWHC 282 (Ch), [2006] RPC 4 5.52, 5.56
Nettec Solution Ltd's Trade Mark Application [2003] RPC 17 5.30, 5.70
Nikken Koshakuko Works v Pioneer Trading Co [2005] EWCA Civ 906, [2006] FSR 4 1.105
O'Brien v Chief Constable of South Wales [2005] UKHL 26, [2005] 2 WLR 1038 3.91
Office of Communications v Floe Telecom [2009] EWCA Civ 47 5.21
Olatawura v Abiloye [2002] EWCA Civ 998, [2003] 1 WLR 275 2.87
Omega Engineering Inc v Omega SA [2003] EWHC 1482 (Ch), The Times, 29 Sept 2003 1.77
Omron Tateisi Electronics's Application [1981] RPC 125 7.19, 7.26
Oxford Gene Technology Ltd v Affymetrix Inc (No 2) [2001] RPC 18 3.45, 3.92, 5.10
Oystertec Plc's Patent [2002] EWHC 2324 (Pat), [2003] RPC 29 1.20
Parmeter v Malthouse Joinery [1993] FSR 68 2.47
Pearson Education Ltd v Prentice Hall India PTE Ltd [2005] EWCH 636 (QB), [2006] FSR 8 3.99, 3.100
Peckitt's Application [1999] RPC 337 3.32, 4.72
Pepper v Hart [1992] 3 WLR 1032 1.65
Perrett's Application 49 RPC 406 3.13
Pfizer's Patent BL C/41/00 3.76
Pharmedica GmbH's Trade Mark Application [2000] RPC 536 1.34
Pickard v Sears [1837] 6 Ad&E 469 1.101
Pioneer Electronics Capital Inc v Warner Music Manufacturing Europe GmbH [1995] RPC 487 1.87
Polanski v Conde Nast Publications Ltd [2005] UKHL 10, [2005] 1 WLR 637 4.79
Polivitte v Commercial Union Assurance [1987] 1 Lloyd's Rep 379 3.79
Portasilo Limited v Manchester Cabins Limited     BL O/119/09   5.49  
Poulton v Adjustable Cover & Boiler Block Co (1908) 25 RPC 529 1.96, 1.106
Price v Price [2003] EWCA Civ 888, [2003] 3 All ER 911 1.45
R (Alconbury Developments Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2001] UKHL 23, [2001] 2 WLR 1389 1.20
R (Haw) v Home Secretary [2005] EWHC 2061 (Admin), [2006] 2 WLR 50 1.67
R (Kehoe) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2005] UKHL 48, [2005] 3 WLR 252 1.19
R (Lester) v London Rent Assessment Committee [2003] EWCA Civ 319, [2003] 1 WLR 1449 1.20
R (Mathialagan) v London Borough of Southwark [2004] EWCA Civ 1689, The Times, 21 Dec 04 5.68
R (O) v Coventry Magistrates Court [2004] EWHC 905 (Admin), The Times 22 Apr 04 3.89
R (PD) v West Midlands and North West Mental Health Review Tribunal [2004] EWCA Civ 311 1.20, 6.04
R v The Comptroller-General-General of Patents ex parte Celltech [1991] RPC 475 8.23
Ratnam v Cumarasamy [1965] 1 WLR 8 1.41
Rawhide Trade Mark [1962] RPC 133 1.40
Re J [1990] FSR 193 3.79
Re K (Infants) [1963] Ch 361 3.39
Re Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] UKHL 41, [2005] 4 All ER 209 1.67
Reed Executive plc v Reed Business Information Ltd (No 2) [2004] EWCA Civ 887, [2005] FSR 3 3.99, 5.38
REEF Trade Mark [2002] EWCA Civ 763, [2003] RPC 5 7.05
Regina v Henn and Derby [1981] AC 850 1.70
Rexam CFP Ltd v Thibierge & Comar SA BL O/345/01 2.74
RHM Foods and Others v Bovril [1983] RPC 276 3.51
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer International Holdings Inc v Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd [2006] EWHC 160 (Ch), [2006] RPC 24 1.35.1, 1.74
Rhone-Poulenc Sante's Patent [1996] RPC 125 1.61, 3.10, 5.20
Rizla Ltd's Application [1993] RPC 365 5.35, 5.48
Robert v Momentum Services Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 299, [2003] 2 All ER 74 1.45-46
Robert Hewitt v P McCann 30/03/1998 (unreported) 4.08
Robert Price v Elf Print Media Ltd Patents Court 1 Feb 01 (unreported) 2.71
Robinson and Brooks' Application BL O/262/02 7.38
Roger v Taylor's Central Garages (Exeter) [1951] 2 TLR 284 1.98
Rose Bro's (Gainsborough)'s Appln [1960] RPC 247 1.97
Roussel-Uclaf (Joly and Warmant's) Patent [1971] RPC 304 2.36
Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust v Hammond [2001] EWCA Civ 778, 76 Con LR 62 5.52
Rush & Tompkins v Greater London Council [1989] AC 1280 3.99
Savill v Southend Health Authority [1995] WLR 1254 1.41
Sayers v Clarke Walker [2002] EWCA Civ 645, [2002] 1 WLR 3095 1.45
Schering Corporation v Cipla Ltd [2004] EWHC 2587 (Ch), [2005] FSR 25 3.99, 3.100
Secretary of State for Education and Skills v Frontline Technology Ltd [2005] EWHC 37 (Pat) 1.105
Secretary of State v Farrow Defence System Ltd BL 0/008/05 2.02
Silver Spring Water Co Ltd's Trade Mark Application [2003] RPC 21 1.25, 5.23
Smith International Inc v Specialised Petroleum Services Group Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 1357 (court), BL O/009/05 (Office) 7.08, 7.21
Smith Kline and French Laboratories v R D Harbottle (Mercantile) [1980] RPC 363 1.55, 1.64
South Bucks District Council v Porter (No 2) [2004] UKHL 33, [2004] 1 WLR 1953 1.20, 6.45
Special Effects Ltd v L'Oreal SA and Another [2007] EWCA Civ 1 1.97
Specialist Group International Ltd v Deakin and another [2001] EWCA Civ 777 (unreported) 1.104
Stafford Engineering Services's Appln [2000] RPC 797 5.49
Stafford Engineering Services's Appln BL O/228/97 3.33
Star News Shops Ltd v Stafford Refrigeration [1989] 1 WLR 536 3.56
Statoil ASA v University of Southampton BL O/268/05 5.45, 5.49
Sterling Fluid Products' Application BL O/211/97 3.23
ST. TRUDO Trade Mark [1995] RPC 370 1.74, 3.02
Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd's SPC Applications BL O/005/02 7.38
Tasker v Wilson and Colley BL O/184/00 Plus: Addendum 5.72
Tasyurdu v Home Secretary [2003] EWCA Civ 447, [2003] CP Rep 61 2.06
Taylor v Anderson [2002] EWCA Civ 1680, The Times, 22 Nov 02 2.72
Telsonic AG's Patent [2004] EWHC 474 (Ch), [2004] RPC 38 1.103
Therm-a-Stor v Weatherseal Windows [1981] FSR 579 1.56, 1.91
Three Rivers District Council v Bank of England [2004] UKHL 48, [2004] WLR 1274 3.96
Toyo Tsushinki Kabushiki Kaisha's application [1962] RPC 9 3.75
Trapp v Mackie [1979] 1 WLR 377 4.43
Trocadero Plc v Gracey BL O/440/99 2.16-2.17
Unilever Limited (Davis's) Application [1983] RPC 219 1.50, 1.52, 1.63
Unilever Plc v Frisa N.V. [2000] FSR 708 2.75
Unilever Plc v Procter & Gamble [2000] FSR 344 3.101
Unilin Beheer BV v Berry Floor NV and Others [2007] EWCA Civ 364 1.96
University of Southampton's Applications [2002] RPC 44 3.51
Vasiliou v Hajigeorgiou [2005] EWCA Civ 236, [2005] 1 WLR 2195 3.77
VNU Business Publications v Ziff Davis (UK) [1992] RPC 269 3.39
Wagamama v City Restaurants [1995] FSR 713 1.72, 1.87
Warner-Lambert v Glaxo Laboratories [1975] RPC 354 3.55
White v Greensand Homes Ltd and Another The Times, 19 July 2007 2.40
Whitehouse v Jordan [1981] 1 WLR 246 3.79
Williams v J Walter Thompson Group Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 133, [2005] IRLR 376 5.08, 5.11
Wilson v First County Trust [2003] UKHL 40, [2003] 4 All ER 97 1.20, 1.65, 1.67
Wistar Institute's Application [1983] RPC 255 6.16
Yeda Research and Development Company Limited v Rhone-Poulenc Rorer International Holdings Inc and others [2007] UKHL 43 1.24.1, 2.37, 7.14