The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is looking for input on its proposals to improve the existing small claims track procedures in the Patents County Court (PCC). The proposals include changes to procedures, a new costs regime and a limit on the value of claims heard in the court as well as changing the name of the Patents County Court. This call for evidence is taking place over a 4 week period and closes on 16 February 2012.
The changes are designed to reduce the cost of lower value IP litigation and will help to ensure that such litigation falls within the jurisdiction of the PCC from the outset.
Further details of the proposals are available on the IPO website at -
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/hargreaves.htm and will be of interest to those in FE and HE institutions working in the areas of knowledge exchange and innovation.