Patent decision

BL number

O/521/13

Concerning rights in

EP(UK) 1095541 B1

Hearing Officer

Mr J Elbro

Decision date

23 December 2013

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Future New Developments Limited and B &S Patente und Marken GmbH

Provisions discussed

Section 37

Keywords

Decline to deal, Entitlement

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The claimant was a previous proprietor of the patent and this entitlement dispute hinged on the validity of a previous assignment of the patent from the claimant to the defendant. The hearing officer considered the matter in dispute to relate almost entirely to matter of non-patent law and declined to deal with the application.

Full decision O/521/13 63Kb