§ 267 Clause 267, page 117, line 44, leave out from 'proceedings' to 'as' and insert—
- (a) relating to patents or designs, or
- (b) ancillary to, or arising out of the sane subject matter as, proceedings relating to patents or designs,'.
§ 268 Clause 270, page 119, line 18, leave out from 'Court' to end of line 20.
§ 269 Clause 271, page 119, line 46, after 'payable', insert 'to the Patent Office'.
§ 270 Page 120, line 2, after 'payable', insert 'to the Patent Office'.
§ Lord StrathclydeMy Lords, with leave I shall move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 267 to 270 en bloc. I should also like to speak to Amendments Nos. 386 to 388. All of the amendments concern the new patents county courts introduced under the provisions of Clause 267 or the Patent Office reports which the courts will be able to call for.
§ Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 267 to 270 en bloc.—(Lord Strathclyde.)
§ Lord Williams of ElvelMy Lords, when the Bill was before the House in Committee and we had a discussion on the patent county courts, the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor accepted that it might be rather difficult to find people to serve as expert judges in those courts. Have the Government any further indication from the noble and learned Lord as to whether that problem is less acute than it was when we discussed it in Committee?
§ Lord StrathclydeMy Lords, no. I am advised that we have got no further on that course.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.