Heather Lawrence

Back
Printer-friendly versionPDF version
Qualified: 
Mediator
Specialist Areas: 
Commercial
Intellectual Property
Media, entertainment, music and sport
Technology and IT
Education: 
University of Oxford (Chemistry): BA (1st Class Hons.) MA, DPhil (Dee Scholar)
Thesis: Non-Linear Optical Properties of Novel Organometallic Compounds
Diploma of Law ( City University )
Bar Vocational Course (Inns of Court School of Law )

General Information: 
Interesting Cases:
GE Healthcare v PerkinElmer: [2006] EWHC 214 ( Patents Court ); patent infringement/validity – scintillation proximity tests – assays and measurement

Quiksilver v Charles Robertson: [2005] 1 CMLR 36; [2005] FSR 8 (High Court); trade mark infringement – meaning of “consent” under s.12(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 – importation of genuine trademarked goods into the EEA without consent

Nouveau Fabrics v Voyage Distribution: [2004] EWHC 895 (High Court); copyright infringement in fabric designs; inference of copying, rebuttal and reason to believe

Intercase v Time Computers: [2004] ECDR 8 (High Court); passing off and design right infringement – integrated computer desks

Wesley Jessen Corp v CooperVision Ltd: [2003] RPC 20 ( Patents County Court ); patent infringement/validity – designs for coloured contact lenses

Universities UK (formerly Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom ) v Copyright Licensing Agency: [2002] RPC 693 (Copyright Tribunal); how much money should universities be required to pay under a licensing scheme for photocopying of books and journals

Asprey v Garrard Ltd v WRA (GUNS) Ltd: [2002] FSR 477, 487 (High Court, Court of Appeal); trade mark infringement and passing off; scope of the own name defence

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company v ATI Atlas & Ors.: [2001] FSR 514 ( Patents Court ); patent infringement/validity – biological sterility indicators

Nutrinova v Scanchem: [2001] FSR 797 and 831 (Patents Court); patent infringement/validity – chemical method for manufacturing an artificial sweetener

A Fulton Company v Grant Barnett: [2001] RPC 257; [2001] IP & T 244 (High Court); unregistered design right in umbrella handles and cases

Scholes Windows v Magnet: [2000] FSR 432; [2000] IP & T 78 (High Court); unregistered design right – decorative horns for windows

Farmers Build Ltd (in liquidation) v Carier Bulk Materials Handling Ltd [1999] RPC 461 (High Court, Court of Appeal); agricultural slurry separators – the leading case on unregistered design right

Pearce v Ove Arup Partnership [1999] 1 All ER 769 (Court of Appeal); [1997] Ch 293, [1997] 3 All ER 31, [1997] 2 WLR 779, [1997] FSR 641 (High Court); jurisdiction for foreign copyright disputes under the Brussels Convention

Performing Rights Society v British Airways [1998] EMLR 556 (Copyright Tribunal); performing rights/tariff for in-flight entertainment

British Diabetic Association v Diabetic Society Ltd [1995] 4 All ER 812, [1996] FSR 1 (High Court); passing off/use of descriptive names

Kastner v Rizla Ltd [1995] RPC 585 ( Patents County Court , Court of Appeal); patent infringement/validity – machinery for the interleaving of cigarette papers

Boehringer Mannheim GmbH v Genzyme Ltd [1993] FSR 716 ( Patents Court ); patent infringement/validity (obvious to try) – oligosaccharides used in alpha-amylase assay

Mentor Corporation v Hollister Incorporated [1993] RPC 7 ( Patents Court , Court of Appeal); patent infringement/validity (insufficiency) – urinary incontinence devices

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company v Rennicks ( UK ) Ltd [1992] RPC 331 ( Patents Court ); patent infringement/validity (1949 Act) – retroreflective sheeting