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Patents Court (England and Wales) rejects expedition in DISH v Aylo: real urgency threshold, busy list, 12-month target applied pragmatically; German ‘injunction gap’ insufficient alone [2024] EWHC 1310 (Pat)

Published on: 12 July 2024

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Dish Technologies Llc (a company incorporated under the laws of the state of Colorado, USA) and another company v Aylo Premium Ltd (a company incorporated under the laws of Cyprus) and other companies; Aylo Premium Ltd (a company incorporated under the laws of Cyprus) and another company v Dish Technologies Llc (a company incorporated under the laws of the state of Colorado, USA) [2024] EWHC 1310 (Pat)

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This ruling clarifies the stance of the UK Patents Court when faced with a request for an accelerated trial timetable in patent matters before it. Under the Practice Statement, the Court endeavours, where feasible, to have patent actions listed for trial within 12 months of issue counted from the date the claim is issued. Listings begin from the current Trial Window publicised by the Chancery Division Listing Office; however, the Court can fix a trial up to one month before that slot without any formal expedition application, provided doing so enables the matter to be tried within the year...

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