Patent decision

BL number
O/178/08
Concerning rights in
WO03/057470A1 & EP(UK)1467858
Hearing Officer
Mr S Probert
Decision date
26 June 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
James Campbell v Aberdeen University & Dr Mohammed Imbabi
Provisions discussed
Rule 53
Keywords
Confidentiality
Related Decisions
O/269/07

Summary

The decision concerns a request for confidentiality of a large number of

documents that had been filed in the entitlement proceedings.

The Hearing Officer considered that it was unlikely that some of the documents would form part of the substantive decision in this case. He decided that this was a good reason for treating those documents (only) as confidential.

In view of the “good reason” accepted for directing confidentiality, the Hearing Officer indicated that if one or more of the ‘confidential’ documents were to form part of a subsequent decision in these proceedings, then the Comptroller would consider whether this direction should be revoked - at least in relation to the document(s) concerned.

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