Costs - Lutec (UK) Ltd v Cascade Holdings Ltd
Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Mr David Stone) Lutec (UK) Ltd and others v Cascade Holdings Ltd and another (Costs) [2021] EWHC 2259 (IPEC) (13 Aug 2021) In Lutec (UK) Ltd and others v Cascade Holdings Ltd and another [2021] EWHC 1936 (IPEC) (09 July 2021), Mr David Stone found that the defendants had infringed the third claimant's registered designs. I discussed the case in Registered Designs - Lutec (UK) Ltd v Cascade Holdings Ltd on 2 Aug 2021. The learned deputy judge awarded the third claimant its costs, to be assessed if not agreed. The parties were unable to agree on those costs so they asked Mr Stone to assess them. Costs in Ithe Patents County Court In New Patents County Court Rules (31 Oct 2021 NIPC Law), I discussed changes to Part 45 of the Civil Procedure Rules and the Part 45 Practice Direction which limited the costs that could be recovered in the Patents County Court. Essentially, tho...