Court of Appeal divided over disclosure
Can confidential discussions between parties in the UK be disclosed in parallel litigation in the US? The Court of Appeal was divided on this question in AutoStore Technology AS v Ocado Group Plc & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1003, which arose as part of proceedings in which AutoStore is suing Ocado for patent infringement. Discussions between the parties had taken place in 2018, and Ocado became aware that AutoStore intended to deploy information about these discussions before the U