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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Crompton Lighting Ltd v Emergi -Lite Safety Systems Ltd (Patent) [2000] UKIntelP o17800 (18 May 2000) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2000/o17800.html Cite as: [2000] UKIntelP o17800 |
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For the whole decision click here: o17800
Summary
Crompton Lighting applied to revoke GB2059196B on the grounds that it was not new and did not involve an inventive step. The proprietor, Emergi-Lite Safety Systems, filed a counter-statement, but the two parties reached a settlement before any evidence was filed. Following the settlement, the applicant sought leave to withdraw from the revocation proceedings. However, acting in the public interest, the Comptroller refused to allow the revocation to be withdrawn because it appeared that the invention as claimed was indeed lacking in novelty and inventiveness. The proprietor declined to amend the patent (which would have expired anyway a few months later) and so it was formally revoked.
