Patent decision

BL number

O/171/00

Concerning rights in

GB 9818184.5, GB 9818186.0, GB 9818187.8, GB 9818188.6

Hearing Officer

Mr P Hayward

Decision date

15 May 2000

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Cerise Innovation Technology Ltd v Comodo Technology Development Ltd

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 sections 8, 107

Keywords

Costs, Entitlement, Withdrawal

Related Decisions

O/067/00, O/142/00, O/355/99

Summary

After withdrawing a reference under section 8(1)(a) in respect of unpublished patent applications that the referrer had not even seen, the referrer sought costs on the grounds that the defendant should have provided more information about the patent applications. This was rejected as the defendant was under no obligation to provide such information, and costs were awarded to the defendant according to the normal scale.

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