Patent decision

BL number

O/0509/23

Concerning rights in

EP(UK) 2391731, EP(UK) 2612925, EP(UK) 3150722 and international patent application PCT/GB2010/000165

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

1 June 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Dr Vanessa Jean Hill and Touchlight Generics Limited and Touchlight IP Ltd

Provisions discussed

Patents Act sections 12 and 37

Keywords

Decline to deal, Entitlement

Related Decisions

None

Summary

A request that the comptroller declines to deal with an entitlement reference was supported by both sides. Given that, and that related proceedings were ongoing in the Patents Court and taking into account the nature of the dispute, the Comptroller declined to deal with the reference.

Full decision O/0509/23 195Kb