Future New Developments Limited and B &S Patente und Marken GmbH (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o52113 (23 December 2013)
Patent decision
BL number
O/521/13
Concerning rights in
EP(UK) 1095541 B1
Hearing Officer
Mr J Elbro
Decision date
23 December 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Future New Developments Limited and B &S Patente und Marken GmbH
Provisions discussed
Section 37
Keywords
Decline to deal, Entitlement
Related Decisions
None
Summary
The claimant was a previous proprietor of the patent and this entitlement dispute hinged on the validity of a previous assignment of the patent from the claimant to the defendant. The hearing officer considered the matter in dispute to relate almost entirely to matter of non-patent law and declined to deal with the application.