The claimant sought to pursue its licence claim after its claim to a proprietary interest in the patent had been dismissed.
Held: The claim misunderstood the way section 37 worked. To have a claim to a license the license the claimant had to show some proprietary interest. The grant of a licence was not to be seen as a form of consolation prize. The Yeda Research case could not be read to say that such a jurisdiction must exist.
Judges:
The Honourable Mr Justice Mann
Citations:
[2006] EWHC 2950 (Ch), Times 05-Dec-2006
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd v Rhone-Poulenc Rorer International Holdings Inc and others CA 31-Jul-2006
The claimants sought to amend their claim which had previously been on the basis of a joint ownership, to one of sole ownership.
Held: The application for the amendment being made more han two years after the grant, the amendment could not be . .
See Also – Cinpres Gas Injection Ltd v Melea Ltd ChD 9-Oct-2006
The claimant had sought a declaration as to the ownership of a patent, and now said that a witness had procured his earlier judgment by perjury. The witness now said that he had formed his statement against a feeling of oppression by the threat of a . .
Cited by:
See Also – Cinpres Gas Injection Ltd v Melea Ltd CA 24-Jan-2008
A final judgment may be impugned for fraud. . .
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.246982