Patent decision

BL number
O/223/00
Concerning rights in
GB9808874.3
Hearing Officer
Mr G M Bridges
Decision date
29 June 2000
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Keahinuimakahahaikalani Howard Seymour v Coventry University
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 section 8
Keywords
Entitlement
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application in question was proceeding in the name of Coventry University. The referrer claimed he was entitled to the invention covered by the application, because he made the invention as part of an A-level course, and it was therefore fully developed prior to his enrolment at Coventry University. He subsequently included the invention as part of his course-work while studying at the University. The referrer therefore claimed that the invention was not covered by the University Regulations, which specified that intellectual property rights arising from work forming part of a students course-work belonged to the University, and in the absence of any other assignment of the invention to the University, the application should proceed in his name.

The University, as proprietors of the application, did not file a counter-statement, which led to the case being treated as undefended, and each specific fact set out in the referrers statement as being conceded. The referrer therefore succeeded in showing that he was entitled to the application in question and an order was made for it to proceed solely in his name.

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