Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 76 (May)
Court: Patents County Court
Judge:

Judge Birss QC

Representation Jonathan Moss (instructed by Courtyard Solicitors LLP) for the claimants.
  The defendants did not appear and were not represented.
Judgment Dates: 3 May 2012

Catchwords

Patent - Patents Court - Jurisdiction - Claimants commencing proceedings for infringement of intellectual property rights in Patents County Court - Claimants seeking search and seizure orders and asset freezing orders - Whether Patents County Court had jurisdiction to make search and seizure, and asset freezing orders - County Court Remedies Regulations 1991, , .

The Case

Patent Patents Court. The Patents County Court held that reg 3(2)(b) of the County Court Remedies Regulations 1991, permitted the court held by a person nominated under of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to make search and seizure and asset freezing orders in the general and special jurisdiction.

Practice Areas

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