7 Patents, trade-marks etc. U.K.
A State is not immune as respects proceedings relating to—
(a)any patent, trade-mark, design or plant breeders’ rights belonging to the State and registered or protected in the United Kingdom or for which the State has applied in the United Kingdom;
(b)an alleged infringement by the State in the United Kingdom of any patent, trade-mark, design, plant breeders’ rights or copyright; or
(c)the right to use a trade or business name in the United Kingdom.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 7 extended by Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (c. 39, SIF 67A), s. 2, Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(g)
C2S. 7(a)(b) amended (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(2); S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2