Rule 63.1 Scope of this Part and interpretationF1

(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)

(ii)

design right;

(iii)

the right to prevent passing off; and

(iv)

the other rights set out in F2Practice Direction 63.

(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 or a supplementary protection certificate granted by the Patent Office under Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 or of Regulation (EC) No. 1610/96 of the European Parliament and the Council and includes any application for a patent or supplementary protection certificate;

(f)

“Patents Court” means the Patents Court of the High Court constituted as part of the F3Business and Property Division by section 6(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

(F4g)

‘Intellectual Property Enterprise Court’ means a specialist list established within the F5Business and Property Division;

(F6h)

‘enterprise judge’ means a judge authorised by the F7President of the Business and Property Division to sit in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court;

F8(i)

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(j)

“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;

F9(iv)

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F10(v)

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(vi)

plant varieties maintained by the Controller under regulation 12 of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998; and

F11(vii)

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(k)

“the registrar” means—

(i)

the registrar of trade marks; or

(ii)

the registrar of registered designs,

whichever is appropriate.

(3)

F12Save as provided in rule 63.27, claims to which this Part applies are allocated to the multi-track. F13Rule F1426.4(1) applies save for the modification that the court will send the parties a notice requiring the parties to file proposed directions by the date specified in the notice. For a claim which is allocated to the multi-track by this rule, rule F1526.4(2) and rules F1626.5 to 26.18 do not apply.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 63 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rule 1(2), Sch. 1
F2: Words in rule 63.1(1)(b)(iv) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 38(a)
F3: Words in rule 63.1(2)(f) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 20(1)(a) (with rule 2)
F4: Rule 63.1(2)(g) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(b)(i)
F5: Words in rule 63.1(2)(g) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 20(1)(b) (with rule 2)
F6: Rule 63.1(2)(h) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(b)(ii)
F7: Words in rule 63.1(2)(h) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 20(1)(c) (with rule 2)
F8: Rule 63.1(2)(i) omitted (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 38(b)
F9: Rule 63.1(2)(j)(iv) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 13(2) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10: Rule 63.1(2)(j)(v) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 13(2) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11: Rule 63.1(2)(j)(vii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 13(2) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12: Words in rule 63.1(3) substituted (1.10.2012) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/2208), rules 1, 10(b)
F13: Words in rule 63.1(3) inserted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(c)
F14: Word in rule 63.1(3) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 20(a) (with rule 2)
F15: Word in rule 63.1(3) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 20(b) (with rule 2)
F16: Words in rule 63.1(3) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 20(c) (with rule 2)

Notes on Part 63

Textual amendments

F2: Words in Pt. 63 Table of Contents omitted (1.10.2010) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rules 1(2), 8(a)(i)
F3: Words in Pt. 63 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rules 1(2), 8(a)(ii)
F4: Words in Pt. 63 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(a)(i)
F5: Words in Pt. 63 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(a)(ii)
F6: Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(iv); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F7: Words in Pt. 63 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2012) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/2208), rules 1, 10(a)