Part I Proceedings in United Kingdom by or against other States
Exceptions from immunity
7 Patents, trade-marks etc.
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.