Statutory guidance: Patents sections: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Sections 274 to 281 and 285 to 295 of Parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (‘the CDPA’) relate to Patent Agents, Patent County Courts etc.

Later laws have amended these parts of the CDPA, including:

• the Trade Marks Act 1994
• the Constitutional Reform Act 2005
• the Legal Services Act 2007
• the Legal Services Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009

Discussion of these sections of the CDPA can be found in the Manual of Patent Practice.