Patent decision

BL number
O/618/18
Concerning rights in
WO 2014/077724 A1
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
2 October 2018
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
IT-ACS Limitedand Federal Agency for Legal Protection of Military, Special and Duel Use Intellectual Activity Results et al.
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 S12
Keywords
Costs, Entitlement
Related Decisions
O/355/18, O/286/17

Summary

An entitlement dispute was treated as unopposed when the defendants indicated prior to the scheduled hearing that they no longer wished to oppose the reference. The claimant subsequently sought an off the scale cost award. The hearing officer having considered the various points raised by the claimant was not persuaded that the behaviour of the defendants had been such to justify an off the scale award. Costs were therefore awarded in line with the published scale.

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