Article 9

(1)

Order 59 shall be amended as follows:—

(a)

In rule 17(1), the words from “made” to the end shall be omitted.

(b)

For rule 18 there shall be substituted the following rule:—

“Appeal from Patents Court on appeal from Comptroller

18

In the case of an appeal to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the Patents Court on an appeal from a decision of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks the notice of appeal must be served on the Comptroller-General as well as on the party or parties required to be served under rule 3.”

(2)

Nothing in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above shall apply in relation to any appeal to the Court of Appeal which, pursuant to paragraph 12 or 13 of Schedule 4 to the Patents Act 1977, is to be prosecuted under the old law as defined by paragraph 16 of that Schedule.