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Cite as: [2012] UKIntelP o4912, [2012] UKIntelP o04912
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Mr Andrew Cooke and Watermist Limited (Patent) [2012] UKIntelP o04912 (8 February 2012)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/049/12
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0805683.0
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 8 February 2012
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Mr Andrew Cooke and Watermist Limited
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 8
- Keywords
- Entitlement, Inventorship, Striking out
- Related Decisions
- O/048/12, O/201/11
Summary
The defendant requested that the reference under section 8 (now under section 35) be stuck out. The reasons given included that the claimant had delayed launching entitlement proceedings, had not filed any evidence and had misrepresented the invention in its statement of claim. The request to strike out was refused and the defendant ordered to pay costs.