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A uthor:  Raimond Spekking ,  Licence:  CC BY-SA 4.0 ,  Source:  Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert On 2 Sept 2026, I published Intellectual Property Law in the Isle of Man   in NIPC Northwest.  It made 520 impressions, prompted 11 reactions and drew the following comment from Timothy Powell : "VERY interesting, Jane. What chance a copyright case might come up there?" Not long after Tim asked that question, Mr David Stone handed down judgment in  DLP Limited v Coram UK Holding Limited  [2026] EWHC 2448.  This was a patent case in which the patentee was a company that had been incorporated and was doing business in the Isle of Man. The patent was for a Shower waste pump and control uni t. The patentee alleged that two of the defendant company's products infringed its patent. The defendant denied infringement and counterclaimed for revocation of the patent on the grounds that the invention was obvious and not new.  Mr Stone...

  Royal Courts of Justice Photo Michael Reeve Source Wikipedia Creative Commons Licence Jane Lambert It is not often that one receives an accolade from a client. Usually, if a client wins, it is down to the natural justice of the case and nothing to do with the eloquence or preparation of the advocate. If the client loses, it's all the lawyer's fault. So it was lovely to receive thanks from a public access client earlier this week whose case in the small IP claims track has just been resolved to his satisfaction. The client said that it actually took him a very long time to find someone who truly understands IP the way I do, especially in relation to e-commerce and added that there is certainly a market there for me to tackle. Although the case was in the small claims track it was not an easy one.  Had the claim not settled a novel point of law would have to have been decided and there were also procedural issues that required several prelimina...