# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 46.20: Scope and interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Section applies to proceedings in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
(2) This Section does not apply where—
(a) the court considers that a party has behaved in a manner which amounts to an abuse of the court’s process; or
(b) the claim concerns the infringement or revocation of a patent or registered design or registered trade mark the validity of which has been certified by a court or by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks in earlier proceedings.
(3) The court will make a summary assessment of the costs of the party in whose favour any order for costs is made. Rules 44.2(8), 44.7(b) and Part 47 do not apply to this Section.
(4) ‘Scale costs’ means the costs set out in Table A and Table B of the Practice Direction supplementing this Part.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/46.20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-46.20
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