Case Nos: IP-2023-000039 and IP-2023-000132 - [2024] EWHC 2889 (IPEC)

By a consent order dated 18 January 2024 it was ordered that the CMC in the two claims be heard together. That made sense because there is a good amount of overlap. I was told that the parties have agreed that the actions should be tried together. That may or may not be appropriate given the constraint on court time that may be allotted to an IPEC trial. There is an application by the I-Smart Parties to transfer the claims to the Patents Court. These matters will be dealt with at a joint CMC to be held after the pleadings have been concluded – that has still not fully been done.