tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post94289079875216452..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Monday miscellanyVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53518775059830172922011-08-16T17:44:46.049+01:002011-08-16T17:44:46.049+01:00I have not looked at the question of unpaid OHIM c...I have not looked at the question of unpaid OHIM costs awards in any detail, but my understanding is that they can only be enforced via the Court. Unfortunately, the irrecoverable cost of such action may well exceed the original costs award. I have tried to find out whether the PCC can hear applications for enforcement of OHIM costs awards, but my initial enquiries did not yield anything helpful (perhaps the Kat could ask Judge Birss ..?)<br /><br />The UKIPO has a "name and Shame" list (http://www.ipo.gov.uk/t-unpaid-details.htm), which also has the neat effect, I believe, of forcing those on the list to stump up security for costs if ever they find themselves in another inter partes dispute before the tribunal.Ben Mooneapillaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-88831546967329206002011-08-16T11:04:49.773+01:002011-08-16T11:04:49.773+01:00It is interesting to see someone asking how to get...It is interesting to see someone asking how to get costs paid in OHIM proceedings. <br /><br />Anecdotal evidence suggests that practitioners do not generally bother because the amounts do not merit it, and OHIM will not get involved. This leads to a practice of not paying or getting paid.<br /><br />However, something akin to the IPO practice of a list of non-payers, leading to the option of requiring non-payers to pay money on account next time they are involved in inter partes proceedings. <br /><br />An alternative, probably very unpopular, would be to revise the OHIM opposition form to make the opponent undertake on filing the opposition to pay costs awarded against it, and ditto the application form.Chris McLeodnoreply@blogger.com