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" Designation of Community trade mark courts
     9.  - (1) For the purposes of Article 91 of the Community Trade Mark Regulation, the following courts are designated as Community trade mark courts - 


(a) in England and Wales - 


(i) the High Court;

(ii) any county court designated as a patents county court under section 287(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988[4]; and

(iii) the county courts listed in paragraph (2);



(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session; and

(c) in Northern Ireland, the High Court.



    (2) The county courts referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(iii) are the county courts at - 



(a) Birmingham;

(b) Bristol;

(c) Cardiff;

(d) Leeds;

(e) Liverpool;

(f) Manchester; and

(g) Newcastle upon Tyne.



    (3) For the purpose of hearing appeals from judgments of the courts designated by paragraph (1), the following courts are also designated as Community trade mark courts - 



(a) in England and Wales, the Court of Appeal;

(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session;

(c) in Northern Ireland, the Court of Appeal.".

Sainsbury Of Turville
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation Department of Trade and Industry

23rd February 2005

[2] SI 2004/2332.back

[3] SI 1996/1908.back

[4] 1988 c. 48.back

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