The appropriate standard against which a defendant patent agent’s conduct is to be measured is that of what the reasonably competent patent agent would do having regard to the standards normally adopted in his profession.
Judges:
Simon Brown LJ
Citations:
[1996] PNLR 45
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Kerr v Laurence Shaw and Associates Ltd (T/A Laurence Shaw and Associates (In Liquidation)) ChD 19-Mar-2010
The claimant sought damages, alleging that the defendant patent agents had failed to make a timely application for a Canadian patent.
Held: The evidence was conflicting, but the court found that the claimant had made a decision to limit his . .
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Professional Negligence
Updated: 27 October 2022; Ref: scu.403478
