Supreme Court of Judicature (Intellectual Property) Rules 2022

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1 Citation and commencement

2 General definitions

3 Definitions of this Part

4 What originating claims are suitable for this Part

5 Claimant may elect for this Part to apply, etc.

6 Court may make order for this Part to apply

7 Rules of Court to apply subject to modifications

8 Active management at case conference, etc.

9 Costs to be fixed and capped

10 Appellate court may limit costs of appeal

11 Definitions of this Part

12 Application of Rules of Court

13 Mode of commencement

14 Service of defendant’s pleadings on Registrar, etc.

15 Particulars to be included in defence

16 Counterclaim where geographical indication is registered

17 Mode of commencement

18 Consultation on possibility of agreement

19 Court may declare practical conditions regardless of agreement

20 Mode of commencement, etc.

21 Particulars to be included in application

22 Publication of particulars in journal

23 Joinder of affected parties

24 Application to be made after reference

25 Application of this Division

26 Provisions relating to appellant

27 Provisions relating to respondent

29 Registrant may be served at address in register

30 Registrar to be notified of proceedings, etc., and may take part

31 Definitions of this Part

32 Application of Rules of Court

33 Action for infringement

34 Production of documents

35 Particulars of objections to validity of patent in originating claim

36 Particulars of objections to validity of patent in originating application

37 Production of documents

38 Registrar to be notified

40 Provisions relating to appellant

41 Provisions relating to respondent

43 Determination of questions about entitlement to patents, etc., before grant (section 20(7)) or right to patents after grant (section 47(8))

44 Applications for rectification of register (section 44(1))

45 Applications relating to certain contracts (section 52(3)); references of disputes as to Government use (section 58)

46 Application for permission to amend specification (section 83)

47 Proprietor may be served at address in register

48 Registrar to be notified of proceedings, etc., and may take part

49 Admissions of fact

50 Establishing facts by experiments

51 Definitions of this Part

52 Application of Rules of Court

53 Mode of commencement

54 Defendant may dispute validity of registration, etc.

55 Mode of commencement

56 References by Registrar to Court — application to be made after reference

58 Provisions relating to appellant

59 Provisions relating to respondent

61 Registered owner may be served at address in register

62 Registrar to be notified of proceedings, etc., and may take part

63 Definitions of this Part

64 Application of Rules of Court

65 Mode of commencement

66 Provisions relating to defendant

67 Applications to Court

68 References by Registrar to Court — application to be made after reference

69 Application of this Division

70 Provisions relating to appellant

71 Provisions relating to respondent

73 Proprietor may be served at address in register

74 Registrar to be notified of proceedings, etc., and may take part

75 Consequential amendments to other Rules

No. S 205

Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969

Supreme Court of Judicature
(Intellectual Property)
Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 and all other powers enabling us under any written law, we, the Rules Committee, make the following Rules:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Supreme Court of Judicature (Intellectual Property) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 1 April 2022.

General definitions

2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Court” means the General Division of the High Court;

“proceedings” means proceedings before the Court;

“Rules of Court” means the Rules of Court 2021 (G.N. No. S 914/2021).

(2) In these Rules, a word or an expression that is defined by Order 1, Rule 3 (general definitions) of the Rules of Court and not by these Rules has the meaning given by that Rule.

Made on 9 March 2022.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

STEVEN CHONG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge of the Appellate Division.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge of the Appellate Division.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

VINCENT HOONG SENG LEI

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

CHRISTOPHER TAN PHENG WEE

District Judge and Registrar of the State Courts.

SIRAJ OMAR, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

CHAN TAI-HUI JASON, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RJW.009.0000; AG/LEGIS/SL/322/2020/3 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 80(6) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969).

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