Patent decision
- BL number
- O/701/18
- Concerning rights in
- EP2049885
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 7 November 2018
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Dr Geoffrey Diamond and the University of Warwick
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act s37 and s107
- Keywords
- Costs, Entitlement
- Related Decisions
- O/629/17
Summary
Following a substantive hearing where a reference by Dr Diamond under section 37 was dismissed for being out of time, a costs award was made against him. The Hearing Officer commented extensively on the behaviour of Dr Diamond throughout the proceedings and found in one aspect his behaviour justified an off-scale cost award.
Full decision O/701/18 
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