# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 3) 1978, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/579/article/9 (the official version)
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