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Global Domestic Products Ltd and S Panagne v Pifco Ltd (Patent) [2000] UKIntelP o30300 (22 August 2000)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2000/o30300.html
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[2000] UKIntelP o30300
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Global Domestic Products Ltd and S Panagne v Pifco Ltd [2000] UKIntelP o30300 (22 August 2000)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/303/00
- Concerning rights in
- EP0458211
- Hearing Officer
- Mr G M Bridges
- Decision date
- 22 August 2000
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Global Domestic Products Ltd and S Panagne v Pifco Ltd
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 section 37(8)
- Keywords
- Decline to deal, Entitlement, Inventorship
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
In a request for the Comptroller to consider whether she was minded to decline to deal with an inventorship and entitlement dispute, a number of reasons were put forward by the proprietor for the exercise of the Comptrollers discretion. Whilst no single one of the reasons was good enough in itself, the HO took account of the referrers agreement and the fact that if the Comptrollers discretion was not granted in the way requested, then the proprietor was likely to appeal, thus increasing both parties costs. The request was granted.