F1PART 63INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLAIMS

I PATENTS AND REGISTERED DESIGNS

Defence and reply63.7.

Part 15 applies with the modification—

(a)

to rule 15.4(1)(b) that in a claim for infringement under rule 63.6, the period for filing a defence where the defendant files an acknowledgment of service under Part 10 is 42 days after service of the particulars of claim;

(b)

that where rule 15.4(2) provides for a longer period to file a defence than in rule 63.7(a), then the period of time in rule 15.4(2) will apply; and

(c)

to rule 15.8 that the claimant must—

(i)

file any reply to a defence; and

(ii)

serve it on all other parties,

within 21 days of service of the defence.