A Golden Ticket for Licensees? Patentee Ordered to Disclose Existing Licences before Infringement Proceedings Begin: Big Bus Co Ltd v Ticketogo Ltd

摘要

In an "unprecedented" application, the Patents Court has ordered pre-action disclosure of a patentee's existing licence agreements, so that the alleged infringer can quantify its potential damages liability under the patentee's intimated infringement claim. This is the first time in the UK that a party accused of patent infringement has obtained an order granting access to the patentee's documents going to quantum before infringement proceedings have begun.