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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-patents-county-court-financial-limits-order-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111507155",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents County Court (Financial Limits) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-patents-county-court-financial-limits-order-2011",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order sets out the financial limits in relation to proceedings in England and Wales within the special jurisdiction of a patents county court. In such proceedings, where a claim is made for damages or an account of profits, the amount or value of the claim must not exceed £500,000. In calculating this amount or value, any interest or costs claimed in the proceedings are not to be taken into account. However, a claim for interest payable under an agreement may be taken into account.\nThis Order also makes a transitional provision, in the circumstances specified in Article 3, to enable the patents county court to continue to hear and determine proceedings in which a claim has been made for damages or an account of profits for an amount or value exceeding £500,000 (disregarding interest and costs).\nThe Central London County Court is designated as a patents county court by article 1 of the Patents County Court (Designation and Jurisdiction) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1609) (“1994 Order”). The special jurisdiction of the Central London County Court, as a patents county court, is set out in article 3 of the 1994 Order. The 1994 Order was amended by article 5 of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/587).\nThe Central London County Court, as a designated patents county court, has special jurisdiction to hear and determine any action or matter relating to patents or designs over which the High Court would have jurisdiction, together with any claims or matters ancillary to, or arising from, such proceedings. This includes special jurisdiction over infringement and validity matters on Community designs as set out in Article 81 of Council Regulation 6/2002/EC on Community designs (OJ L3, 5.1.2002, p1). Any county court designated as a patents county court was also designated as a Community design court by the Community Designs (Designations of Community Design Courts) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/696).\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Copyright and IP Enforcement Directorate Room 3B49, Intellectual Property Office, Concept House, Newport, South Wales, NP10 8QQ and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument onwww.legislation.gov.uk",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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