Patent decision

BL number
O/079/08
Concerning rights in
GB0228229.1 & GB0600429.5
Hearing Officer
Mr S Probert
Decision date
17 March 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Joseph Toland v Peter John Coates-Smith
Provisions discussed
Section 8
Keywords
Entitlement, Striking out
Related Decisions
None

Summary

This was a reference under section 8 that was struck out for want of prosecution, as well as on the grounds that:

a) it was not clear what the dispute was about (not least because neither of the applications has been published) and

b) the patent applications mentioned in the reference are either terminated or abandoned, such that all rights have been lost. In other words, there was “no bone” to fight over.

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