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RULES OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

(i) copyright;
(ii) design right;

(iii) rights in performances;
(iv) moral rights;
(v) rights to prevent circumvention of copy-protection;
(vi) plant variety rights;
(vii) database rights;
(viii) rights to trade secrets;
(ix) rights to prevent passing off;
(x) rights to geographical indications.
(2) In this Chapter —
‘the 1977 Act’ means the Patents Act 1977 (an Act of Parliament);
‘the 1991 Act’ means the Copyright Act 1991;
‘the 1994 Act’ means the Trade Marks Act 1994 (an Act of Parliament);
‘the Comptroller’ means the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade
Marks;
‘patent’ means a patent under the 1977 Act and includes a supplementary protection
certificate;
‘the register’ means whichever of the following registers is appropriate —
(a) the register of patents maintained by the Comptroller under section 32 of the
1977 Act;

(b) the register of designs maintained by the registrar under section 17 of the
Registered Designs Act 1949;
(c) the register of trade marks maintained by the registrar under section 63 of the
1994 Act;
‘the registrar’ means —
(a) the registrar of trade marks; or
(b) the registrar of registered designs,
whichever is appropriate.

13.68 Starting intellectual property claim (63.5, 63.13)
(1) Claims to which this Part applies must be started —
(a) by issuing a claim form; or
(b) as an additional claim in existing proceedings.
(2) Claims relating to —
(a) patents,
(b) registered designs, and
(c) supplementary protection certificates;
shall be allocated to the ordinary procedure.

(3) Claims relating to —
(a) copyright;
(b) design right;
(c) rights in performances;
(d) moral rights;

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