# The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2002, Paragraph 63.1: Scope of this Part and interpretation


(1) This Part applies to all intellectual property claims including—
(a) registered intellectual property rights such as—
(i) patents;
(ii) registered designs; and
(iii) registered trade marks; and
(b) unregistered intellectual property rights such as—
(i) copyright;
(ii) design right;
(iii) the right to prevent passing off; and
(iv) the other rights set out in the practice direction.
(2) In this Part—
(a) “the 1977 Act” means the Patents Act 1977;
(b) “the 1988 Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
(c) “the 1994 Act” means the Trade Marks Act 1994;
(d) “the Comptroller” means the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;
(e) “patent” means a patent under the 1977 Act and includes any application for a patent or supplementary protection certificate granted under—
(i) the Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997;
(ii) the Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products) Regulations 1992; and
(iii) the Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificate for Plant Protection Products) Regulations 1996;
(f) “Patents Court” means the Patents Court of the High Court constituted as part of the Chancery Division by section 6(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981;
(g) “Patents County Court” means a county court designated as a Patents County Court under section 287(1) of the 1988 Act;
(h) “the register” means whichever of the following registers is appropriate—
(i) patents maintained by the Comptroller under section 32 of the 1977 Act;
(ii) designs maintained by the registrar under section 17 of the Registered Designs Act 1949;
(iii) trade marks maintained by the registrar under section 63 of the 1994 Act;
(iv) Community trade marks maintained by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market under Article 83 of Council Regulation (EC) 40/94; and
(v) Community designs maintained by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market under Article 72 of Council Regulation (EC) 6/2002; and
(i) “the registrar” means—
(i) the registrar of trade marks; or
(ii) the registrar of registered designs,
whichever is appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3219/schedule/paragraph/63.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2002/schedule/paragraph-63.1
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