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Established in 1990 by an order made under Section 287 (1) of the Copyright, Designs And Patents Act 1988 The Patents County Court (Designation and Jurisdiction) Order 1990 SI No. 1496. This was subsequently revoked and replaced by The Patents County Court (Designation and Jurisdiction) Order 1994 SI No. 1609, which has in turn been amended by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2005 SI No. 587., the intention was that the PCC should be a forum where simpler cases could be dealt with under a cheaper and more streamlined procedure than the High Court. In practice, following the Woolf Reforms of 1998 , the streamlined procedure is now available in all courts. One remaining difference however is that cases at the PCC can be argued by Solicitor s or Patent Agent s, rather than having to be presented by separate qualified Barrister s (though a patent agent also has Right Of Audience in the Patents Court in appeals from the Patent Office; a patent agent holding a Litigator Certificate has right of audience in any case before the Patents Court and in the court of appeal in appeals from the Patents CourtThe Chartered Institute of Patent Agents Order 1999 SI No. 3137, made under Section 29(2) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.). Formally, the PCC has the status of a County Court ; however there is no restriction on the complexity of cases it can hear, nor the levels of damages and costs it can award. Cases can be transferred from the PCC list to be heard by the High Court at the discretion of the PCCSection 289(1), Patents Act 1977; the High Court also routinely transfers cases from its list to the PCC. As with the High Court, appeals from PCC decisions (if leave to appeal is granted) are heard by the Court Of Appeal Civil Procedure Rules Practice Direction 52, paragraph 2A.2(2).. Since Autumn 2001 , the judge appointed to the PCC has been Judge Michael Fysh QC . Cases are heard by the judge or an appointed deputy judge. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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