Patent decision

BL number

O/202/07

Concerning rights in

EP0570903

Hearing Officer

Mr R Walker

Decision date

19 July 2007

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

GMC Tools (UK) Ltd v Makita Corporation

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 section 117

Keywords

Correction, Stay of proceedings

Related Decisions

O/121/07

Summary

Previously proceedings before the comptroller to correct an alleged mistake were stayed pending resolution of a parallel revocation action in the Patents County Court. Subsequently, the revocation action was discontinued and the opponent (GMC) withdrew its opposition to the correction request and agreed to lifting the stay. The proprietor (Makita) asked for the stay to be lifted so that the request for correction could proceed. The hearing officer saw no reason why the correction proceedings should not now continue and lifted the stay.

Full decision O/202/07 21Kb