Patent decision

BL number

O/469/11

Concerning rights in

EP 1268313

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

23 December 2011

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Mr Kenneth Farr and Orbis Corporation

Provisions discussed

S37 Patents Act

Keywords

Costs

Related Decisions

O/161/08, O/214/11

Summary

The defendant, Orbis Corporation who was successful on the substantive action of entitlement sought a cost award off the published scale. This was to reflect the general behaviour of the claimant, Mr Kenneth Farr who was a litigant in person. The Hearing Officer however concluded that notwithstanding that such litigants in person can be infuriating that the circumstances of this case did not warrant a cost award off the published scale. An order in line with the scale was therefore made.

Full decision O/469/11 34Kb