Rule 63.2 Scope of Section I and allocationF1

(1)

This Section applies to—

(a)

any claim under—

(i)

the 1977 Act;

(ii)

the Registered Designs Act 1949;

(iii)

the Defence Contracts Act 1958; and

(b)

any claim relating to—

F2(i)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii)

semiconductor topography rights; or

(iii)

plant varieties.

(2)

Claims to which this Section applies must be started in—

(a)

the Patents Court; or

(b)

F3the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.

Annotations

F1: Pt. 63 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rule 1(2), Sch. 1
F2: Rule 63.2(1)(b)(i) 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(3) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in rule 63.2(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(d)

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)