{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/63.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "63.2",
  "heading": "Scope of Section I and allocation",
  "text": "(1) This Section applies to—\n(a) any claim under—\n(i) the 1977 Act;\n(ii) the Registered Designs Act 1949;\n(iii) the Defence Contracts Act 1958; and\n(b) any claim relating to—\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ii) semiconductor topography rights; or\n(iii) plant varieties.\n(2) Claims to which this Section applies must be started in—\n(a) the Patents Court; or\n(b) the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 63 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rule 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/63.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}