{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A1/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A1/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Remedies",
  "text": "(1) If, in response to a request under this Schedule, a person—\n(a) knowingly fails to provide information which he is required by this Schedule to give, or\n(b) refuses to provide any such information,\nthe court may order him to provide it.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect any of the court’s other powers to make orders.\n(3) A person who knowingly provides false information in response to a request under this Schedule is liable in damages to the person who made the request.\n(4) In any action for damages under sub-paragraph (3) the court must have regard, in particular to—\n(a) how flagrant the defendant was in providing the false information, and\n(b) any benefit which accrued to him as a result of his providing false information,\nand shall award such additional damages as the justice of the case may require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (28.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/2037, reg. 8(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/A1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:17.133485+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}