The comptroller no longer has jurisdiction to extend the period for filing an appellants notice at the High Court – see Patent Office Practice Notice 1/2003 at [2003] RPC 46. However, the hearing officer held that, owing to an anomaly in the Civil Procedure Rules, he did have jurisdiction to direct the period within which the respondents notice should be filed. Having considered the facts, he directed that the respondents notice be filed within three weeks, rather than the default period of two weeks that would otherwise have applied.
Judges:
Mr P Hayward
Citations:
[2005] UKIntelP o00905
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Intellectual Property
Updated: 24 October 2022; Ref: scu.456201
