{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-patents-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-53",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111175347",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-patents-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/53",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After Article 1(interpretation), insert—\n“Article 1A\nMeaning of ‘court’\n1. In this Regulation the expression ‘court’ is to be interpreted in accordance with this Article.\n2. In a case where the basic patent is subject to the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court by virtue of Schedule A4 to the Patents Act 1977, ‘court’ means the Unified Patent Court.\n3. In any other case, ‘court’ means—\n(a) as respects England and Wales, the High Court;\n(b) as respects Scotland, the Court of Session; and\n(c) as respects Northern Ireland, the High Court in Northern Ireland.\n4. The reference in paragraph 2 to the Unified Patent Court is to the court created under the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court made in Brussels on 19th February 2013..”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111175347/regulation/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:03:09.348932+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."
}