The WLR Daily case summaries
[2018] WLR(D) 163
Chancery Division
L’Oréal SA and another v RN Ventures Ltd
[2018] EWHC 391 (Ch)
2018 Feb 19
Henry Carr J
Costs— Patent— Infringement— Parent company granting exclusive licence to subsidiary— Costs arrangement between parent and subsidiary under which parent liable for all costs of bringing infringement claim— Statutory provision preventing subsidiary from recovering costs attributable to claim in respect of infringements prior to registration of licence— Whether despite subsidiary’s limited right to costs parent entitled to full costs of infringement claim—
Patents Act 1977 (c 37), s 68 (as amended by Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1028), Sch 2, paras 1, 4(b))