LzLabs GmbH and others (defendants/appellants) v IBM UK Ltd (claimant/respondent)
Friday 20 June 2025
The Defendants seek permission to appeal the order made by O’Farrell J, sitting in the Technology and Construction Court dated 10 March 25 and consequential judgment of 24 April25.
The judge granted the Claimant (IBM) relief in their claim for breach of contract against D2 (Winsopia) and in their claims for procurement and unlawful means conspiracy against D1 (LzLabs) and D3 (Mr Moores).
The judge granted wide injunctive relief against non-parties to the contract to restrain dealings in pure information for the benefit of itself and its parent IBM Corp.
IBM UK filed claims against US technology entrepreneur John Moores and two of his companies for breach of contract, procurement of breach and participating in an unlawful means conspiracy to develop a software product through the reverse-engineering of IBM’s software.
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