Talk:Patents County Court
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[edit] Court's scope?
In the initial version of the article, I wrote:
- The PCC also hears cases involving other forms of intellectual property, although these can be taken to a broader range of courts.
I believe this was the case even before the 2005 order. Am I right in thinking that, as well as the patent and registered design cases that were reserved to the PCC and the Patents Court of the High Court, the PCC could also hear other IP cases in a more general underlying capacity, simply as a designated Chancery court?
Can anyone confirm or deny this? Could, say, a copyright case still be brought to the PCC in this capacity? -- Jheald 12:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
- Good point. Copyright is a matter where many different courts could be competent and the PCC would certainly be appropriate for some cases. I'd been thinking in terms of the special competence of the PCC, which needed to be conferred because patents, designs, etc. are otherwise specifically reserved to the High Court. I think it would be correct to add back something with the sense of your original text, to indicate that the indicated matters are in addition to the competence of any normal county court. I think I'd want to look at the Civil Procedure Rules Part 63 and the relevant practice direction before saying anything too specific though. Tim B 14:04, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
