What IP claims
actually cost.
Court judgments from the Patents Court, the IPEC and the appeal courts, summarised briefly – and what each one tells you about the cover you need before a dispute starts.
High Court awards Swatch US$11.6 million in Samsung trade mark dispute
The High Court has awarded the Swatch Group US$11.6 million in negotiation damages against Samsung over trade mark infringements involving watch face apps on the Galaxy App store. The court rejected the parties’ valuations of US$170 million and US$301.
READ→Supreme Court vacates US$1 billion copyright verdict against Cox
In Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the Supreme Court vacated a US$1 billion contributory copyright infringement verdict. The court distinguished knowledge of customer infringement from an intention that a service be used for infringement.
READ→11,579 files: High Court finds former employees misused a manufacturer's confidential information
A Scunthorpe GRP manufacturer took two ex-employees and their rival company to the High Court after 11,579 files were copied to an external drive during a notice period.
READ→Shein v Temu: High Court rules on copyright ownership in supplier and employee photographs
A five-day trial over sample product images turned largely on who owned the copyright in photographs commissioned through a chain of companies.
READ→Supreme Court rules in Tesla v InterDigital and Avanci
The UK Supreme Court handed down judgment on 27 July 2026 in a FRAND licensing dispute described as of great importance to vehicle innovators and implementers.
READ→Court of Appeal revisits account of profits for patent infringement
Four linked appeals in Lufthansa Technik's long-running patent litigation addressed how legal causation works when a patentee elects an account of profits.
READ→Court of Appeal tests when a trade secret is already in the public domain
Appellants who lost a breach of confidence and trade secrets claim argued the information had been public all along. The Court of Appeal examined that defence.
READ→Fendi wins £213,000 against a dropshipping counterfeit operation
The IPEC awarded £213,000 in a damages inquiry against a counterfeit luxury goods seller, rejecting the figures put forward by both sides.
READ→Samsung v ZTE: a five-week trial to value a patent licence
The Patents Court spent roughly five weeks of hearing time on the valuation evidence in a FRAND dispute between two handset manufacturers.
READ→Nador Cott v Asda: a supermarket sued over a protected fruit variety
The Patents Court considered whether varieties sold through a major retailer were essentially derived from a protected mandarin variety.
READ→Insure the fight before it starts
Defence up to £5m, pursuit up to £1m in year one – pursuit written only alongside a defence policy.