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International Fuel Technology Inc Ian Williamson Clifford Hazel [2006] UKIntelP o22706 (10 August 2006)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/227/06
- Concerning rights in
- GB2361931 GB2361932 EP01925713.8
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Back
- Decision date
- 10 August 2006
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- International Fuel Technology Inc & Ian Williamson & Clifford Hazel
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 sections 12, 37; Civil Procedure Rules 3.9(1)
- Keywords
- Costs, Entitlement, Withdrawal
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
Entitlement proceedings were withdrawn and the defendant asked for their costs in full on the basis of their claim that the Claimant had behaved unreasonably. The Hearing Officer decided that the Claimant had used rather less care in preparing its case than one might reasonably expect, specifically in terms of failing to uncover in good time, documents which subsequently persuaded the Claimant to withdraw but that whilst this was sufficient to justify some departure from the scale, it did not merit an award of costs on a full indemnity basis.