# The Patents (Isle of Man) Order 2013, Paragraph 35

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In section 130(1) (interpretation)—
(a) at the end of the definition of “court” insert—
“(d) as respects the Isle of Man, the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man;
or the Unified Patent Court, as respects the jurisdiction which it has by virtue of Schedule A4;”;
(b) at the appropriate places insert—
“ “Agreement on a Unified Patent Court” means the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court signed at Brussels on 19th February 2013;
“biological material” means any material containing genetic information and capable of reproducing itself or being reproduced in a biological system;
“biotechnological invention” means an invention which concerns a product consisting of or containing biological material or a process by means of which biological material is produced, processed or used;
“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
“enactment” includes an Act of Tynwald;
“European patent with unitary effect” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of the Unitary Patent Regulation;
“Unified Patent Court” means the court established under the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court;
“Unitary Patent Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection. ”
(c) in the definition of “formal requirements” for “section 17” substitute “section 15A”.
(2) In section 130(6), after paragraph (c), insert—
“(d) The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2602/schedule/paragraph/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-isle-of-man-order-2013/schedule/paragraph-35
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

