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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Patents County Court (Financial Limits) Order 2011 No. 1402
3. A patents county court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a claim for damages or an account of profits for an amount or value exceeding the limit imposed by article 2 where, before the coming into force of this Order—
(a)the claim has been made in a patents county court in proceedings within its special jurisdiction, or
(b)the High Court orders the proceedings in which the claim has been made to be transferred to the special jurisdiction of a patents county court, or
(c)an application has been made to the High Court for transfer of the proceedings in which the claim has been made to a patents county court and, after the coming into force of this Order, the High Court orders the transfer of the proceedings to the special jurisdiction of a patents county court.
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