WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights IP/N/I/GBRlD/2 
1 May 1996 
(96-1682) 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
United Kingdom 
The present document reproduces the Registered Designs Rules 19951, as notified by the 
United Kingdom under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/lIGBRlI). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
Royaume- Uni 
Le present document contient le texte du Reglement de 1995 sur les dessins et modeles 
enregistres1, notifie par le Royaume-Uni au titre de I'article 63:2 de l' Accord (voir le document 
IP/N/1/GBRlI). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL pARRAFO 2 DEL 
ARTICULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
Reino Unido 
En el presente documento se reproduce el Reglamento sobre Dibujos y Modelos registrados 
de 19951, notificado por el Reino Unido en virtud de 10 dispuesto en el parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del 
Acuerdo (vease el documento IP/NI 11GB RI l). 
lEnglish only/anglais seulementiingles solamente. IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
1995 No. 2912 
DESIGNS 
The Registered Designs Rules 1995 
Made -
Laid before Parliament 
Coming into force -13th November 1995 
13th November 1995 
4th December 1995 
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES 
Preliminary 
1. Citation and commencement. 
2. Interpretation. 
3. Revocation. 
4. Forms. 
Documents 
5. Size and presentation of documents. 
6. Signature of documents. 
7. Service of documents. 
Address 
8. Address for service. 
9. Failure to provide address for service. 
Agents 
10. Appointment of agents. 
11. Appointment of agent after start of proceedings. 
Applications for Registration 
12. Form for applications. 
13. Application for same design in respect of more than one article. 
14. Article to which design is applied. 
15. Statement of novelty on representations or specimens. 
16. Registration of same design in respect of other articles, etc. 
Representations and Specimens 
17. Supply of representations and specimens. 
18. Representations and specimens for sets of articles. 
19. Size and presentation of representations. 
20. Drawings or tracings. 
21. Replacement of specimens by representations. 
22. Words, letters or numerals. 23. Repeating surface patterns. IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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24. Use of portrait of a member of the Royal Family or armorial bearings, etc. 
25. Use of portrait of living or recently dead person. 
Designs Excludedfrom Registration under Section 1 (5) 
26. Exclusion of designs to be applied to certain articles. 
Convention Applications 
27. Declarations. 
28. Copies and translations. 
Procedure on Receipt of Application 
29. Statement of objections by registrar. 
30. Decision of registrar to be communicated in writing. 
31. Appeal from registrar's decision. 
Certificate of Registration 
32. Form of certificate. 
33. Copy of certificate. 
Novelty of Designs 
34. Deemed application date under section 3(4). 
35. Industrial application of designs. 
Non-Completion 
36. Time limits. 
Death of Applicant 
37. Substitution. 
Extension of Duration of Right in Registered Design 
38. Extension for further periods of five years. 
39. Notice of expiry of the right in a registered design. 
40. Late extensions. 
41. Restoration of lapsed right in a design under section 8A. 
Registration of Assignments. etc. 
42. Procedure for application for registration. 
43. Other transaction, event or document. 
44. Particulars to be provided. 
45. Cancellation of claim to be mortgagee or licensee. 
46. Alteration of name or address. 
Correction of Errors 
47. Request for correction. 
Discretionary Power 
48. Exercise of discretionary powers of registrar. 
Dispensation by Registrar 
49. Registrar's power to dispense from Rules. 
Amendments 
50. Registrar's power to allow amendments and rectify irregularities in procedure. 
Extension of Time 
51. Registrar's power to extend times prescribed by Rules. IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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Applicationfor Compulsory Licence under Section 10 or Cancellation of Registration of 
Design under Section 11(2) or (3) 
52. Procedure for application. 
53. Opposition by registered proprietor. 
54. Evidence of applicant. 
55. Evidence of registered proprietor and evidence in reply. 
56. Prohibition on further evidence. 
57. Procedure for hearing. 
Cancellation under Section 11 ( 1) 
58. Request for cancellation. 
Licences of Right 
59. Application to settle terms of licence of right. 
Costs 
60. Costs of proceedings. 
61. Security for costs. 
Evidence before Registrar 
62. Evidence. 
63. Form and content of statutory declaration or affidavit. 
64. Making and subscription of statutory declaration or affidavit. 
65. Registrar's power to require documents, information or evidence. 
Advisers 
66. Registrar's power to appoint advisers. 
Inspection of Register and Documents 
67. Inspection by pUblic. 
68. Direction by registrar under section 5(1). 
69. Prohibition on inspection under section 22(2). 
Searches 
70. Procedure when registration number known. 
71. Procedure when registration number unknown or general search. 
Certificates and Copies Supplied by Registrar 
72. Certificates supplied by registrar. 
73. Copies supplied by registrar. 
Hours of Business and Excluded Days 
74. Hours of business. 
75. Excluded days. 
76. Calculation of times or periods. 
Orders of the Court 
77. Service of application on registrar 
78. Filing of order with registrar. 
SCHEDULES 
Schedule I-General forms. 
Schedule 2-Form of certificate of registration of design. IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1 (5), 3(1), (4) 
and (6), 5(2), 6(6), 8(3), 8A(1) and (3), 11 (1), 17(1), (5) and (6), 18(1), 19(1) and (2), 20(3) and 
(4),22(2),29,30(1) and (3), 31,32(1),36(1) and (lA), 39(1) and 44(1) of the Registered Designs 
Act 1949(a) and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8(1) of 
the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(b), hereby makes the following Rules: 
PRELIMINARY 
Citation and commencement 
1. These Rules may be cited as the Registered Designs Rules 1995 and shall come into force 
0114th December 1995. 
Interpretation 
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
"the Act" means the Registered Designs Act 1949 and "section" means a section of the 
Act; 
"convention application" means an application in the United Kingdom under section 14; 
"Journal" means the Official Journal (Patents) published by the Comptroller-General of 
Patents, Designs and Trade Marks under the Patents Act 1977( c); 
"register" means the register of designs kept under section 17; 
"specimen" means an article with the design applied to it; 
"textile article" means textile and plastics piece goods, handkerchiefs, shawls and such 
other classes of articles of a similar character as the registrar may from time to time decide, 
for which the protection required is limited to features of pattern and ornament only; 
"United Kingdom" includes the Isle of Man. 
Rel"ocation 
3. The Registered Designs Rules 1989(d) and the Registered Designs (Amendment) Rules 
1990(e) are hereby revoked. 
Forms 
4.-(1) The forms mentioned in these Rules are those set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules. 
(2) A requirement under these Rules to use a form set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules is 
satisfied by the use either of a replica of that form or of a form which contains the information 
required by the form set out in the said Schedule and which is acceptable to the registrar. 
DOCUMENTS 
Size and presentation of documents 
5. Subject to any directions that may be given by the registrar in any particular case, all 
applications, notices, papers having representations affixed, and other documents filed under 
the Act or these Rules shall be upon strong paper and, except where otherwise required, on one 
side only, of a size approximately 297mm by 210mm or approximately 330mm by 200mm to 
210mm and having on the left hand part thereof a margin of approximately 50mm. 
(a) 1949 c.88; section 17 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 was inserted by the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 
(c.39). Schedule I, paragraph 3; sections 1(5),3(4) and (6),5(2).6(6),8(3), 8A(1) and (3), 30(1) and (3),31 and 36(1 A) 
of the 1949 Act were inserted by, and sections 22(2),29 and 36(1) of the 1949 Act were amended by, the Copyright, 
Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48), sections 265 and 269 and Schedule 3. paragraphs 1,3,4,12, 18, 19,20 and 26. 
(b) 1992c.53. 
(c) 1977 c.37. 
(d) S.1. 1989/1105. 
(e) SJ. 1990/1456. IP/N/l/GBRlD/2 
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Signature of documents 
6.-(1) This rule applies to any notice, application or other document required or authorised 
by the Act or these Rules to be given, made or filed at the Patent Office and such a notice, 
application or other document is referred to in the following paragraphs of this rule as a 
"document" . 
(2) A document filed by or on behalf of a firm which is concerned in any proceedings to 
which these Rules relate as principal and not as an agent shall contain the names of all the 
partners in full and shall be signed by all the partners, by any partner stating that he signs on 
behalf of the firm (or, in the case of a firm formed under the law of Scotland, by any partner in 
the firm's name) or by any other person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised to sign 
the document. 
(3) A document signed for or on behalf of a body corporate shall be signed by a director or 
the secretary or other principal officer of the body or by any other person who satisfies the 
registrar that he is authorised to sign the document. 
(4) A document signed for or on behalf of an unincorporated body or association of persons 
other than a firm may be signed by any person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised 
to sign the document. 
Service of documents 
7. Any notice, application or other document sent to the Patent Office by posting it in the 
United Kingdom shall be deemed to have been given, made or filed at the time when the letter 
containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. 
ADDRESS 
Address for service 
8.-(1) There shall be furnished to the registrar-
(a) by every applicant for the registration of a design, an address for service in the United 
Kingdom for the purpose of his application; and 
(b) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) below, by every person 
(including the applicant for registration of a design or the proprietor of a registered 
design, as the case may be) concerned in any proceedings to which any of these Rules 
relate, an address for service in the United Kingdom, 
and the address so furnished or, where another address (being an address in the United 
Kingdom) has been furnished in place thereof, that address shall be treated for the purposes of 
that application or those proceedings, as appropriate, as the address of that applicant or, as the 
case may be, of that person. 
(2) Upon the registration of a design, the applicant's address for service shall be treated as 
the address for service of the proprietor of the registered design unless an alternative address is 
furnished. 
(3) An address for service for an applicant for registration of a design, or a proprietor of a 
registered design, may be withdrawn by the applicant or the proprietor or an agent or other 
person providing the address for service, as the case may be, by notice to the registrar; and upon 
such notification the registrar may treat the address of the applicant or the proprietor 
previously notified to him, or the address shown in the register, as the address for service until 
such time as an alternative address is furnished. 
Failure to provide address for service 
9. Where an address for service in the United Kingdom has not been furnished to the 
registrar by an applicant in any proceedings to which these Rules relate, the registrar need not 
proceed with the examination of the application until such an address has been furnished to 
him. AGENTS 
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10. Unless the registrar otherwise directs in any particular case, anything required or 
authorised by these Rules to be done by or in relation to any person may be done by, or in 
relation to, his agent. . 
Appointment of agent after start of proceedings 
11. Where after a person has become a party to proceedings before the registrar he 
appoints-
(a) an agent for the first time, the newly appointed agent shall file Designs Form lA on 
or before the first occasion when he acts as agent; or 
(b) one agent in substitution for another, the newly appointed agent shall file in duplicate 
Designs Form lA on or before the first occasion when he acts as agent and the 
comptroller shall send one copy of the Form to the previously appointed agent. 
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION 
Form for applications 
12. Applications to register designs shall be made on Designs Form 2A. 
Application for same design in respect of more than one article 
13. Where it is desired to register the same design in respect of more than one article other 
than sets of articles, a separate application shall be made in respect of each article and each 
application shall be numbered separately and shall be treated as a separate and distinct 
application. 
Article to which design is applied 
14.-(1) Every application shall state the article to which the design is to be applied and that 
the applicant claims to be the proprietor of the design in relation to that article. 
(2) If any question arises as to whether an article to which a design is to be applied is made 
substantially of lace or as to whether a design to be applied to a textile article consists 
substantially of checks or stripes, it shall be decided by the registrar. 
Statement of novelty on representations or specimens 
15.-(1) Except in the case of an application to register the pattern or ornament of a design 
to be applied to a textile article, to wallpaper or similar wall covering or to lace or to sets of 
textile articles or lace, a statement satisfactory to the registrar of the features of the design for 
which novelty is claimed shall appear on each representation or specimen of the design. 
(2) The statement referred to in paragraph (l) above shall appear on the front of the first sheet 
only of each representation or specimen (except where the registrar is satisfied that this is 
impracticable in which case it shall appear in a place satisfactory to the registrar) and it shall 
be separate from any other statement or disclaimer. 
Registration of same design in respect of other articles, etc. 
16. If the application is for the registration of a design which has already been registered or 
applied for in respect of one or more articles, or consists of a design already registered or 
applied for with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially 
to affect the identity thereof, and it is desired to claim the protection of section 4 for such 
application, it shall contain the number or numbers of the registration or registrations already 
effected or the application or applications already made. IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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REPRESENTATIONS AND SPECIMENS 
Supply of representations and specimens 
17. Except as regards applications for registration of designs to be applied to sets of articles, 
there shall be furnished in connection with an application four identical representations of the 
design, in a form satisfactory to the registrar, or four specimens. Where representations are 
supplied the registrar may at any time before registration require specimens or additional 
representations. 
Representations and specimens for sets of articles 
18.-(1) There shall be furnished in connection with an application for the registration of a 
design to be applied to a set of articles five identical representations of the design in a form 
satisfactory to the registrar, or five specimens. 
(2) The representations shall show the design as applied to each different article included in 
the set. 
Size and presentation of representations 
19.-(1) Each representation of the design, whether to be applied to a single article or to a 
set of articles, shall be upon paper of the size prescribed by rule 5 above and not on cardboard, 
and shall appear on 'one side only of the paper. The figure or figures shall be placed in an upright 
position on the sheet except where the registrar is satisfied that it is impracticable. When more 
figures than one are shown, these shall where reasonably practicable be on one and the same 
sheet, and each shall be designated perspective view, front view, side view, plan or otherwise as 
the case may be. 
(2) Each sheet shall bear in the top left hand corner the name of the applicant and in the top 
right hand corner the number of sheets comprising the representation and the consecutive 
number of each sheet. 
Drawings or tracings 
20. When the representations furnished are drawings or tracings they shall be in ink and if on 
tracing cloth or tracing paper shall be mounted on paper ofthe size prescribed by rule 5 above. 
Replacement of specimens by representations 
21. When specimens are furnished and are not, in the registrar's opinion, of a kind which 
can be conveniently mounted in a flat position by means of an adhesive upon paper or by 
stitching on linen-backed sheets of paper of the size prescribed by rule 5 above and stored 
without damage to other documents, representations shall be furnished in place of specimens. 
Words, letters or numerals 
22. In an application where words, letters or numerals appear in the design, the registrar may 
require that a disclaimer of any right to their exclusive use shall appear on each representation 
or specimen. 
Repeating surface patterns 
23. Each representation or specimen of a design which consists of a repeating surface pattern 
shall show the complete pattern and a sufficient portion of the repeat in length and width, and 
shall not be of less size than 180mm by 130mm. 
Use of portrait of a member of the Royal Family or armorial bearings, etc. 
24. Where a portrait of Her Majesty or of any member of the Royal Family, or a 
reproduction of the armorial bearings, insignia, orders of chivalry, decorations or flags of any 
country, city, borough, town, place, society, body corporate, institution or person appears on 
a design, the registrar, before proceeding to register the design, shall, if he so requires, be 
furnished with a consent to the registration and use of such portrait or reproduction from such 
official or other person as appears to the registrar to be entitled to give consent, and in default 
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25. Where the name or portrait of a living person appears on a design, the registrar shall be 
furnished, if he so requires, with consent from such person before proceeding to register the 
design and, in the case of a person recently dead, the registrar may call for consent from his 
personal representative before proceeding with the registration of a design on which the name 
or portrait of the deceased person appears. 
DESIGNS EXCLUDED FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 1(5) 
Exclusion of designs to be applied to certain articles 
26. There shall be excluded from registration under the Act designs to be applied to any of 
the following articles, namely-
(l) works of sculpture, other than casts or models used or intended to be used as models 
or patterns to be multiplied by any industrial process; 
(2) wall plaques, medals and medallions; 
(3) printed matter primarily of a literary or artistic character, including book jackets, 
calendars, certificates, coupons, dress-making patterns, greetings cards, labels, 
leaflets, maps, plans, playing cards, postcards, stamps, trade advertisements, trade 
forms and cards, transfers and similar articles. 
CONVENTION APPLICATIONS 
Declarations 
27. An application for registration under section 14 shall contain a declaration that the 
application in a convention country upon which the applicant relies is the first application made 
in a convention country in respect of the design, whether by the applicant or by any person of 
whom he claims to be the personal representative or assignee, and shall specify the convention 
country in which such foreign application was made, or is to be deemed under section 14(4) to 
have been made, and the official date thereof. 
Copies and translations 
28.-(1) In addition to the representations or specimens filed with every convention 
application there shall be filed with the application, or within three months thereafter, a copy 
of the representation of the design filed or deposited in respect of the first application in a 
convention country, duly certified by the authority with which it was filed or otherwise verified 
to the satisfaction of the registrar. 
(2) If any certificate or other document relating to the applica tion is in a language other than 
English, a translation thereof into English verified to the satisfaction of the registrar as 
corresponding to the original text shall be annexed thereto. 
PROCEDURE ON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION 
Statement of objections by registrar 
29.-(1) If upon consideration of the application there appears to the registrar to be any 
objection to it he shall send to the applicant a statement of the objection in writing, and unless 
the applicant sends to the registrar, within two months beginning on the date when the 
statement is sent to him, his observations in writing on the objection, the application shall be 
deemed to have been withdrawn. 
(2) The applicant may request a hearing either-
(a) when sending his observations to the registrar under paragraph (1) above; or 
(b) at any time thereafter when responding (within the time specified by the registrar) to 
any communication sent by the registrar in relation to those observations, 
and upon such request the registrar shall, if it appears to him that any objection. to the 
application remains, give the applicant at least fourteen days' notice, or such shorter notice as 
the applicant may consent to accept, of the time and date when he may be heard. IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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Decision of registrar to be communicated in writing 
30. If the applicant applies for a hearing, the decision of the registrar at the hearing shall be 
communicated to the applicant in writing, together with an indication in general terms of the 
grounds for that decision. 
Appeal from registrar's decision 
31. If the applicant desires to appeal from the registrar's decision, he shall within one month 
from the date of the decision apply to the registrar, upon Designs Form 7, requesting him to 
state in writing the grounds of, and the materials used by him in arriving at, his decision. Upon 
receipt of such application, the registrar shall send to the applicant a statement as aforesaid in 
writing and the date when the statement is sent shall be deemed to be the date of the registrar's 
decision for the purpose of an appeal. 
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION 
Form of cer~ficate 
32. The certificate of registration of a design shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these 
Rules, provided always that, in the case of a design which is registered under the provisions of 
section 4 in association with a design which has been previously registered, the certificate shall 
contain a statemen,t that the design has been registered in association with that previously 
registered design. 
Copy of certificate 
33. An application under section 18(2) for a copy of a certificate of registration shall be made 
in writing, accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any and, where the original certificate has been 
lost, destroyed or otherwise cannot be produced, shall be accompanied by evidence setting out 
in full and verifying the circumstances in which the original certificate was lost, destroyed or 
cannot be produced. An application for a copy of a certificate made for any other reason shall 
be accompanied by a statement as to why the applicant considers it expedient for a copy to be 
furnished to him and shall be supported by such evidence as the registrar shall require. 
NOVELTY OF DESIGNS 
Deemed application date under section 3(4) 
34.-(1) For the purpose of deciding whether a design is new the registrar may direct­
(a) that an application for the registration of a design, which has been amended in such 
a way that the appearance of the design has been altered significantly, shall be treated 
as having been made on the date on which it was so amended; or 
(b) that, where an application for the registration of a design disclosed more than one 
design and has been amended so as to exclude one or more designs from the 
application, a subsequent application for the registration of a design so excluded 
made by the person who made the earlier application or his successor in title shall be 
treated as having been made on the date on which the earlier application was made 
or is treated as having been made, provided always that the later application is filed 
before the end of the period provided by rule 36 below for the completion of the earlier 
application (including any extension of time allowed under the said rule 36) or the 
date on which the certificate of registration of the design which is the subject of the 
earlier application (as amended) is granted, whichever is the earlier. 
(2) Nothing in paragraph (l)(a) of this rule shall be taken to limit the discretion of the 
registrar to decline to accept an amendment of an application for the registration of a design. 
Industrial application of designs 
35. A design shall be regarded for the purposes of section 6 as "applied industrially" if it is 
applied-
(a) to more than fifty articles which do not all together constitute a single set of articles 
as defined in section 44(1); or 
Cb) to goods manufactured in lengths or pieces, not being hand-made goods. NON-COMPLETION 
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36. The time prescribed for the purposes of section 3(6), which relates to non-completion of 
an application, shall be twelve months from the date of the application, and for those purposes 
the time prescribed for a subsequent application for the registration of a design excluded from 
an earlier application (as is referred to in rule 34 above) shall be twelve months from the date 
of the earlier application. 
Provided that the application or the subsequent application for a design so excluded may be 
completed at any time after twelve months but within fifteen months of the date aforesaid, if a 
request for an extension oftime is made on Designs Form 8 accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
DEATH OF APPLICANT 
Substitution 
37. In the case of the death of any applicant for the registration of a design after the date of 
his application, and before registration of the design has been effected, the registrar may, on 
being satisfied of the applicant's death, enter in the register, in place of the name and address 
of such deceased applicant, the name and address of the person owning the design, on such 
ownership b~ing proved to the satisfaction of the registrar. 
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF RIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGN 
Extension for further periods of five years 
38.-(1) An application for extension of the period for which the right in a registered design 
subsists for a further period offive years shall be made on Designs Form 9A not more than three 
months before the expiry of the period of five years immediately preceding that further period. 
(2) On receipt of the prescribed extension fee accompanied by Designs Form 9A, duly 
completed, the registrar shall issue a certificate of extension of the period for which the right in 
the registered design subsists. 
Notice of expiry of the right in a registered design 
39.-(1) \Vhere the right in a registered design has expired under section 8(3), the registrar 
shall, not later than six weeks after the date on which the right expired (and if an application 
for extension of the period for which the right subsists has still not been received by the 
registrar), send to the registered proprietor of the design a notice of that fact. 
(2) This rule does not apply to the right in a design registered in pursuance of an application 
made before 1st August 1989. 
Late extensions 
40. An application for extension of the period for which the right in a registered design 
subsists for a further period of five years made during the period of six months immediately 
following the end of a five year period shall be made on Designs Form 9A. 
Restoration of lapsed right in a design under section 8A 
41.-(1) An application under section 8A may be made within twelve months from the date 
on which the right in the registered design expired. 
(2) Any such application shall be made on Designs Form 29 and shall be supported by 
evidence in support of the statements made in that application. 
(3) The registrar shall enter in the register notice of the application and shall publish such 
notice in the Journal. 
(4) If, upon consideration of the evidence, the registrar is not satisfied that a case for an order 
under section 8A has been made out, he shall notify the applicant accordingly and, unless 
within two months the applicant requests to be heard in the matter, the registrar shall refuse 
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(5) If the applicant requests a hearing within the time allowed, the registrar shall, after giving 
the applicant an opportunity of being heard, determine whether the application shall be 
allowed or refused. 
(6) If the registrar decides to allow the application, he shall notify the applicant accordingly 
and require him to file Designs Form 30, together with Designs Form 9A, duly completed, and 
the amount of the unpaid extension fee and the prescribed restoration fee, upon receipt of which 
the registrar shall order the restoration of the right in the design and advertise the fact in the 
Journal. 
(7) If the registrar decides to refuse the application he shall notify the applicant accordingly 
giving written reasons for his decision if so required by the applicant. 
(8) This rule does not apply to the right in a design registered in pursuance of an application 
made before 1st August 1989. 
REGISTRATION OF ASSIGNMENTS, ETC 
Procedure for application for registration 
42.-(1) An application under section 19(1) or (2) for the registration of the title of any 
person becoming entitled by assignment, transmission or operation oflaw to a registered design 
or to a share in a registered design, or becoming entitled as mortgagee, licensee or otherwise to 
any interest in a re&istered design shall be made on Designs Form 12A. 
(2) An application under paragraph (1) above shaIl-
(a) where it relates to an assignment as mentioned in section 19(1) or (2), be signed by or 
on behalf of the parties thereto; 
(b) where it relates to a mortgage or the granting of a licence as mentioned in section 19( 1) 
or (2), be signed by or on behalf of the mortgagor or the grantor of the licence, as the 
case may be; 
or be accompanied by such documentary evidence as suffices to establish the assignment, 
transmission or operation of law. 
(3) The registrar may direct that such evidence as he may require in connection with the 
application should be furnished within such period as he may specify. 
Other transaction, event or document 
43. Application may be made in writing for entry in the register of notification of any 
transaction, event or document other than those referred to in rule 42 purporting to affect the 
proprietorship of, or any interest in, a registered design. The registrar may direct that such 
evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished within such 
period as he may specify. 
Particulars to be provided 
44. An application under rule 42(1) above shall contain the name and address of the person 
claiming or stated to be entitled together with full particulars of the transaction, event or 
document under which title is claimed or given. 
Cancellation of claim to be mortgagee or licensee 
45. Where the name of a person is entered in the register as mortgagee or licensee, such person 
may on making an application on Designs Form 12A have a note entered in the register that 
he no longer claims to be mortgagee or licensee, as the case may be. The registrar may direct 
that such evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished 
within such period as he may specify. 
Alteration of name or address 
46.-(1) A request by any person upon the alteration of his name for that alteration to be 
entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office shall 
be made on Designs Form 16A. 
(2) Before acting on a request to alter a name, the registrar may require such proof of the 
alteration as he thinks fit. IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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(3) A request by any person for the alteration or correction of his address or address for 
service entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office 
shall be made in writing and shall identify the entry in the register or the application or other 
document to which the request relates. 
(4) Where any person files a form under these Rules and on that form he specifies as his 
address or address for service an address which differs from the address or address for service 
(as the case may be) which he has previously furnished to the registrar, he shall be deemed, in 
relation to the design to which the form relates, to have made a request in writing under 
paragraph (3) above in respect of any address or address for service of his (as the case may be) 
entered in the register and on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office. 
(5) If the registrar is satisfied that the request to alter a name, address or address for service 
may be allowed, he shall cause the register, application or other document to be altered 
accordingly. 
CORRECTION OF ERRORS 
Request for correction 
47. Where a person interested desires, under the provisions of section 21, to correct an error, 
he shall make his request on Designs Form l6A (unless the error relates to his address or 
address for ~ervice). 
DISCRETIONARY POWER 
Exercise of discretionary powers of registrar 
48.-(1) Without prejudice to any provision of the Act or these Rules requiring the registrar 
to hear any party to proceedings under the Act, or to give any such party an opportunity to 
be heard, the registrar shall, before exercising any discretion vested in him by or under the Act 
adversely to any party to a proceeding before him, give that party an opportunity to be heard. 
(2) The registrar shall give that party at least fourteen days' notice of the time and date when 
he may be heard unless that party consents to shorter notice. 
DISPENSATION BY REGISTRAR 
Registrar's power to dispense from Rules 
49. Where under these Rules any person is required to do any act or thing, or any document 
or evidence is required to be produced or filed and it is shown to the satisfaction of the registrar 
that from any reasonable cause that person is unable to do that act or thing, or that document 
or evidence cannot be produced or filed the registrar may, upon the production of such evidence 
and subject to such terms as he thinks fit, dispense with the doing of any such act or thing, or 
the production or filing of that document or evidence. 
AMENDMENTS 
Registrar's power to allow amendments and rectify irregularities in procedure 
50. If the registrar thinks fit any document or drawing or other representation of a design 
may be amended, and any irregularity in procedure may be rectified, on such terms as the 
registrar may direct. 
EXTENSION OF TIME 
Registrar's power to extend times prescribed by Rules 
51. The times or periods prescribed by these Rules for doing any act or taking any 
proceeding thereunder, other than the period prescribed in rule 41(1) above, may be extended 
by the registrar if he thinks fit, upon such notice and upon such terms as he may direct, and 
such extension may be granted although the time or period for doing such act or taking such 
proceeding has already expired. IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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APPLICATION FOR COMPULSORY LICENCE UNDER 
SECTION 10 OR CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF DESIGN 
UNDER SECTION 11(2) OR (3) 
Procedure for application 
52.-(1) An application for the grant of a compulsory licence under section 10 or for the 
cancellation of the registration ofa design under section 11(2) or (3) shall be made on Designs 
Form 19A. Such application shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in 
duplicate setting out fully the nature of the applicant's interest and the facts upon which he 
relies. 
(2) A copy of the application and the statement of case shall be sent by the registrar to the 
registered proprietor. 
Opposition by registered proprietor 
53. If the registered proprietor desires to oppose the application he shall, within such time 
as the registrar may allow, file a counter-statement fully setting out the grounds on which the 
application is to be opposed and shall send to the applicant a copy thereof. 
Evidence of applicant 
54. The applicant may, within such time as the registrar may allow after receipt of the 
counter-statement, file evidence in support of his case and shall send to the registered proprietor 
a copy of any evidence so filed. 
Evidence of registered proprietor and evidence in reply 
55.-(1) Within such time as the registrar may allow, the registered proprietor may file 
evidence in support of his case and shall send to the applicant a copy thereof. 
(2) Following receipt of the copy from the registered proprietor and within such time as the 
registrar may allow, the applicant may file evidence confined to matters strictly in reply and 
shall send to the registered proprietor a copy thereof. 
Prohibition on further evidence 
56. No further evidence shall be filed by either party except by leave or direction of the 
registrar. 
Procedure for hearing 
57.-(1) On completion of the evidence, if any, or at such other time as he may see fit, the 
registrar shall appoint a time and date for the hearing of the case, and shall give the parties at 
least fourteen days' notice thereof. 
(2) If either party desires to be heard he shall give notice in writing of that fact to the registrar 
and the registrar may refuse to hear a party who has not given him such notice prior to the date 
of the heating. 
(3) The hearing before the registrar of any dispute between two or more parties relating to 
any matter in connection with a registered design shall be in public unless the registrar, after 
consultation with those parties to the dispute who appear in person or are represented at the 
hearing, otherwise directs. 
(4) Nothing in this rule shall prevent a member of the Council on Tribunals or of its Scottish 
Committee from attending a hearing in his capacity as such. 
CANCELLATION UNDER SECTION 11(1) 
Request for cancellation 
58. Where the registered proprietor of a design desires to cancel his registration, he shall 
request such cancellation on Designs Form 19A. LICENCES OF RIGHT 
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59.-(1) An application to settle the terms of a licence under section llA(4) of the Act or 
section 266(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall be made on Designs Form 
19A and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out the 
terms of the licence which the applicant requires the registrar to settle. 
(2) Within fourteen days of the receipt of Designs Form 19A the registrar shall send a copy 
of it, together with a copy of the applicant's statement, to the registered proprietor. 
(3) The registered proprietor shall, if he does not agree to the terms of the licence set out in 
the applicant's statement, within six weeks of the receipt of the copies referred to in paragraph 
(2) above serve a notice of objection on the registrar with a statement setting out the grounds 
of his objection and at the same time shall serve a copy of the same on the applicant. 
(4) Within four weeks of the receipt of the notice of objection the applicant may serve on the 
registrar a counter-statement, and at the same time shall serve a copy of the same on the 
registered proprietor. 
(5) No amended statement or further statement shall be served by either party except by 
leave or direction of the registrar. 
(6) The registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the subsequent 
procedure. 
COSTS 
Costs of proceedings 
60.-(1) The registrar may, in any proceedings before him under the Act, by order award to 
any party such costs as he may consider reasonable, and direct how and by what parties they 
are to be paid. 
(2) In the event of an application for the grant of a compulsory licence or for the cancellation 
of the registration of a design being uncontested by the registered proprietor, the registrar in 
deciding whether costs should be awarded to the applicant shall consider whether proceedings 
might have been avoided if reasonable notice had been given by the applicant to the registered 
proprietor before the application was filed. 
Security for costs 
61.-(1) If a person neither resides nor carries on business in the United Kingdom or another 
member State of the European Community, the registrar may require him to give security for 
the costs of any application or appeal falling within section 30(3). 
(2) In default of such security being given, the registrar, in the case of an application, or the 
Appeal Tribunal, in the case of an appeal, may treat the application or appeal as abandoned. 
EVIDENCE BEFORE REGISTRAR 
Evidence 
62.-(1) Where under these Rules evidence may be filed, it shall be by statutory declaration 
or affidavit. 
(2) The registrar may if he thinks fit in any particular case take oral evidence in lieu of or in 
addition to such evidence and shall allow any witness to be cross-examined on his statutory 
declaration, affidavit or oral evidence, unless he directs otherwise. 
(3) The registrar shall in relation to the examination of witnesses on oath and the discovery 
and production of documents have all the powers of an official referee of the Supreme Court. 
(4) The rules applicable to the attendance of witnesses before such a referee shall apply in 
relation to the attendance of witnesses in proceedings before the registrar. IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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Form and content of statutory declaration or affidavit 
63.-(1) The statutory declarations and affidavits required by these Rules, or used in any 
proceedings thereunder, shall be headed in the matter or matters to which they relate, and shall 
be divided into paragraphs consecutively numbered, and each paragraph shall, so far as 
possible, be confined to one subject. 
(2) Every statutory declaration or affidavit shall state the description and true place of abode 
of the person making the same, and shall be written, typed, lithographed or printed. 
Making and subscription of statutory declaration or affidavit 
64.-(1) Any statutory declaration or affidavit filed under the Act or these Rules shall be 
made and subscribed as follows-
(a) in the United Kingdom, before any justice of the peace or any commissioner or other 
officer authorised by law in any part of the United Kingdom to administer an oath 
for the purpose of any legal proceedings; 
(b) in any other part of Her Majesty's dominions or in the Republic of Ireland, before 
any court,judge,justice of the peace or any officer authorised by law to administer an 
oath there for the purpose of any legal proceedings; and 
(c) elsewhere, before a British Minister, or person exercising the functions of a British 
Minister, or a Consul, Vice-Consul or other person exercising the functions of a 
British Consul or before a notary public, judge or magistrate. 
(2) Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed or subscribed thereto or thereon 
the seal or signature of any person authorised by paragraph (1) above to take a declaration may 
be admitted by the registrar without proof of the genuineness of the seal or signature, or of the 
official character of the person or his authority to take the declaration. 
Registrar's power to require documents, information or e,idence 
65. At any stage of any proceedings before the registrar, he may direct that such documents, 
information or evidence as he may require shall be filed within such period as he may specify. 
ADVISERS 
Registrar's power to appoint ad,isers 
66. The registrar may appoint an adviser to assist him in any proceedings before the registrar 
and shall settle the question or instructions to be submitted or given to such adviser. 
INSPECTION OF REGISTER AND DOCUMENTS 
Inspection by public 
67. The register (or the material on the register) and the material available for inspection 
pursuant to section 22 shall be made available for inspection by the public on payment of the 
prescribed fee between the hours of ten a.m. and four p.m. on weekdays, other than Saturdays 
and days which are specified as excluded days for the purposes of section 39. 
Direction by registrar under section 5(1) 
68. Where the registrar has given a direction under section 5(1) prohibiting or restricting the 
publication of information with respect to a design, the representation or specimen of the 
design and any such evidence as is mentioned in section 5(2)(b) shall not be open to public 
inspection while such direction remains in force. 
Prohibition on inspection under section 22(2) 
69. The period prescribed under section 22(2) during which a design shall not be open to 
inspection except as provided in that section shall be three years as regards designs to be applied 
to textile articles, and two years as regards designs to be applied to wallpaper and similar wall 
covering and lace. SEARCHES 
Procedure when registration number known IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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70. Where any person desires to obtain the information which he is entitled to obtain under 
section 23 and can furnish the registration number of the design, he shall make his request in 
writing accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any, and the registrar shall thereafter furnish him 
with the information aforesaid. 
Procedure when registration number unknown or general search 
71. The registrar shall,.. upon a request for the purpose made on Designs Form 21, 
accompanied by a representation or specimen (in duplicate) of the design applied to an article, 
cause such search as may be reasonably practicable to be made among registered designs and 
state whether the design as applied to that article appears to be identical with, or closely to 
resemble, any registered design applied to that or any other article, and shall furnish such 
information as can properly be given. 
CERTIFICATES AND COPIES SUPPLIED BY REGISTRAR 
Certificates supplied by registrar 
72. Upon request made on Designs Form 23 and payment of the appropriate fee-
(a) the registrar shall supply a certified copy of an entry in the register or a certified extract 
from the register; and 
(b) the registrar may supply-
(i) a certified copy of any representation, specimen or document kept in the Patent 
Office or a certified extract from any such document; or 
(ii) a certificate for the purposes of section 17(9). 
Copies supplied by registrar 
73. Upon request and payment of the appropriate fee-
(a) the registrar shall supply an uncertified copy of an entry in the register or an 
uncertified extract from the register; and 
(b) the registrar may supply an uncertified copy of any representation or document kept 
in the Patent Office or an uncertified extract from any such document. 
HOURS OF BUSINESS AND EXCLUDED DAYS 
Hours of business 
74; The Patent Office shall be deemed to be closed at the following hours for the transaction 
of business of the classes specified-
(a) on weekdays, other than Saturdays, at midnight for the filing of applications, forms 
and other documents, and at four p.m. for all other business, 
(b) on Saturdays, at one p.m. for the filing of new applications for the registration of 
designs which are not convention applications. 
Excluded days 
75.-(1) The following shall be excluded days for all purposes under the Act: 
(a) all Sundays; 
(b) Good Friday and Christmas Day; 
(c) any day specified as or proclaimed to be a bank holiday in England in or under section 
1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(a); 
(d) any Saturday immediately preceded by a day falling within sub-paragraph (b) or (c) 
above. 
(a) 1971 c.80. IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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(2) Saturdays not falling within paragraph (1) above shall be excluded days for all purposes 
except the filing of new applications for the registration of designs which are not convention 
applications. 
Calculation of times or periods 
76.-(1) Where, on any day, there is-
(a) a general interruption or subsequent dislocation in the postal services of the United 
Kingdom, or 
(b) an event or circumstances causing an interruption in the normal operation of the 
Patent Office, 
the registrar may certify the day as being one on which there is an "interruption" and, where 
any period of time specified in the Act or these Rules for the giving, making or filing of any 
notice, application or other document expires on a day so certified the period shall be extended 
to the first day next following (not being an excluded day) which is not so certified. 
(2) Any certific~te of the registrar given pursuant to this rule shall be posted in the Patent 
Office. 
(3) Where in connection with an application for the registration of a design the period of 
time referred to in rule 34(1)(b) above or the period of six months after the opening of an 
exhibition referred to in section 6(2) ends on a day which is certified by the registrar for the 
purposes ofparagaph (1) above or which is an excluded day for the purposes of section 39, the 
application shall be treated as having been made within the relevant period if it is made on the 
first following day which is neither so certified nor an excluded day. 
(4) If in any particular case the registrar is satisfied that the failure to give, make or file any 
notice, application or other document within-
(a) any period of time specified in the Act or these Rules for such giving, making or filing, 
(b) the period of six months specified in section 6(2) or 14(1), or 
(c) the period of time referred to in rule 34(1)(b) above, 
was wholly or mainly attributable to a failure or undue delay in the postal services in the United 
Kingdom, the registrar may, ifhe thinks fit-
(i) in the case of a period of time falling within sub-paragraph (a) above, extend the 
period so that it ends on the day of the receipt by the addressee of the notice, 
application or other document (or, if the day of such receipt is an excluded day, 
on the first following day which is not an excluded day), or 
(ii) in the case of the said periods of six months or the period of time referred to in 
rule 34(l)(b) above, determine that the application shall be treated as having 
been made within the relevant period, 
in each case upon such notice to other parties and upon such terms as he may direct. 
ORDERS OF THE COURT 
Service of application on registrar 
77. Where application to the court under section 20 for rectification of the register has been 
made, the applicant shall forthwith serve an office copy of the application on the registrar, who 
shall enter a notice of the application in the register. 
Filing of order with registrar 
78. Where an order has been made by the court in any case under the Act, the person in 
whose favour such order has been made shall forthwith file an office copy of the order. The 
register shall if necessary thereupon be rectified by the making of any entry therein or the 
variation or deletion of any entry therein. 
13th November 1995 fan Tay/or. 
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of 
State for Science and Technology, 
Department of Trade and Industry List of Forms SCHEDULE 1 
GENERAL FORMS 
1 A Appointment or change of agent. 
2A Application for registration of a design. 
7 Request for statement of grounds of decision. IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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Rule 4 
8 Request for extension of time to complete an application for the registration of a design. 
9A Application to extend the period of protection. 
12A Application to register or give notice of rights acquired in a registered design or in an application 
to register a design. 
16A Request for alteration of name, or for correction of error. 
19A Application or request for a compulsory licence, licence of right or cancellation of registration. 
21 Request for search among registered designs. 
23 Request for certificate of the registrar, or certified copies. 
29 Application to restore a registered design. 
30 Fee for restoration of a registered design. IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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Designs Form lA 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rules 10 ;lOll 11) ~t 
Office 
Appointment or change of agent The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
(See Ibe notes on Ibe back oflblsfO,.",) 
1. Your reference 
2. Design application or registered design 
number(s) 
(See /lote (d)) 
3. Full name, address and postcode of the or of 
each person you are authorised to act for 
Designs ADP number (ifyolI klllJl/' it) 
4. Your full name, address and postcode in the 
United Kingdom 
Designs ADP number (if you klloU' it) 
5. Have YOll been authorised to act in all matters 
relating to the above application/registered 
design? 
If 'no' please give details of the extent of 
your appointment 
6. Declaration 
7. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 Il~11 
I/We declare that I/we have been appointed by the persol1rsJ 
named in part 3 above to act as agent as stated in part 5 above 
Signature Date 
Designs Fornl lA Designs Form lA 
Notes IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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a) If you need help to Jill ill tbis Jorm or you have any questions, please contact the Patent Office rm 0645500505. 
b) Write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type them. 
c) This form is Jor llse only wbere a person who is already involved in proceedings before the Registrar appoints (/11 
agent for the first time or appoints a new agent in place oJ another. 
d) You may use this form for more Ihan one design if the same authorisation has been given. In this situation, if 
there is not ellOugh room Jor all the details in part 2, write "see attached list" and give the details on a separate 
sheet oJ paper. 
e) This form must be completed by the newly appointed agent. Where tbe agent replaces another, two copies of tbe 
form should be filed. The Designs Registry will send one copy to the original agent. 
/J Ollce you har'e filled in the form you mllst remember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form lA IP/N/1/GBRJD/2 
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Designs Form 2A 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Ruks 6, 12 10 14 :tnd 16) 
Application for registration 
ofa design 
(See tbe notes on tbe back aflblsform) 
1. Your reference 
2. Full name, address and postcode of the or 
of each applicant 
(Names of indi/lldllu~ Including all parllle/'s ill a firm 
musl be gi/'ell in filII. Underline tbe sumame or family 
name. For a corporate body give Its compulI), lIame.) 
Designs ADP number (If you knou' It) 
If the applicant is a corporate body, give 
country/state of incorporation 
3. Name of agent (i/YOIl hat'e olle) 
"Address for Service" in the United Kingdom to 
which all correspondence should be sent 
(including tbe postcode) 
Designs ADP number (i/you kllol/' It) 
4. Name the particular article or set of articles 
to which the design applies 
Write the fee code S, T or 0 (See Ilote (fJ) 
S. Association: Enter the number of any earlier 
design application or registration with 
which the applicant seeks association under 
section 4 
6. Declaration of priority: 
(i/ allY) 
Give the Convention country and filing date of 
any previous application made abroad from 
which priority is claimed under section 14 
7, If 6 above applies, and the previous 
application was not made in the name(s) given 
at part 2, give details of the instrument (fO/' 
example, deed of assignment) which gives the 
applicant the right to apply for registration, 
Include appropriate name(s) and date(s). 
(If tbis/Jlfor/1la(jol/ is 1lOt gil'f!JI a/Ill(! lime tbis form 
is filed)'flll musl SIIjJP~J' it before tl.'e desigll is 
regiS/(·/'('tf.) ~t 
Office 
Country The Patent Office: 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 1 HI! 
Date of filing 
(day I /7/olltb 1.1'''''1') 
Designs Form 2A Designs Form 2A 
8. Divisional application: Give the number and 
filing date of any relevant earlier application 
whose filing date is claimed under mle 34 
9. Declarcttion 
10. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom 
11. Checklist 
Make sure YOll have enclosed: Numoer IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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Dale nrlilinlt 
(d"J'1 ",rllltb IYC'{I/') 
If\Ve apply to register the design shown in the accompanying 
representations or specimens. I/Wc declare that the applicant(s) 
c1aim(s) to be the owner(s) of the design in relation to the article 
or set of articles specified at part 4 overleaf and to be the owner 
of any design right that exists in this design. I/We also declare in 
respect of any entry at part 6 above that the application made in 
the convention country upon which the applicant relics is the 
first application made for registration of the design in a 
convention country. 
Signature(s) Date 
• representations or specimens of the design (See note (c)) 
• any continuation sheets (See note (e)) 
• the relevant fee (See note (j)) 
Notes 
a) If you need help to fill in this form or you bave any questions, please contact tbe Patent Office 011 0645 500505. 
b} Write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type tbem. 
c} TNs fonn sbould be accompanied by four (five if the application is for a set of articles) identical representations 
(for exarnple, drawings or photographs) or specimens of the design. Except in tbe case of an applicatio1l for a 
design applied to lace, a textile article or wallpaper (or similar wall covering), a statement of tbe features of the 
design for which the novelty is claimed (a "statement of novelty") should appear OIl eCJcb representatio1l or 
speCimen. In the case of representations or specimens whicb consist of more than one sbeet, the statement of 
110velty should only appear on tbe first sbeet. If it is impracticable for tbe statement of 1louelly to appear 011 a 
specimen, it may be given on a separate sbeet. Specimens may sometimes 'leed 10 be replaced by I·epresentations. 
d} If words, letters or numerals appear in the design, tbe Registrar will normally require a disclaimer of a1lY rigbt to 
Ibeir exclusit..'e use to appear OIl eacb representation or speCimen 
e} If there is not enough space for all the relevant details on any part of this form, please continue on a separate 
sbeet of paper and write "see continuation sheet" in the relevant part. Any continuation sheet SbOllld be attacbed 
to this fonn. 
j) Different fees are payable according to wbether the application relates to a design for: 
• a set of articles (fee code S) 
• a single lace article or textile article mainly of checks or stripes (fee code 1) 
• any other single article (fee code O). 
For details of the fees and u'a),s 10 pay please contact the Designs Registry of tbe Patent Office. 
g) Once YOll hat'e filled in tbe form YOll must remember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form 2A IP/N/l/GBRlD/2 
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Designs Form 7 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rule 31) ~t 
Office 
Request for statement of grounds 
of decision 
(See Ibe "oles 0" tbe back oflbl."ifonll) 
1. Your reference 
2. Design application number(s) 
3. Full name of the or of each applicant 
Designs ADP number (i/YO/l know It) 
4. Name of your agent (l/YOU ll(wc one) 
"Address for service" in the United Kingdom 
to which all correspondence should be sent 
(illcl/ldillg tlle postcode) 
Designs ADP number (i/YO/l k7lou' it) 
5. Date of Registrar's decision 
6. 
7. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom Signature Date The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 I HII 
Designs Form 7 Designs Form 7 
Notes IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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a) If you need help to fill In this form or you have any questions, please contact the Patent OJ/lce on 0645 500505. 
b) Write your ansU'sers In capital letters using black ink or you may type them. 
c) If there Is not enough space for all the relevant details on any part of this fonn, please continue on a separate 
sbeet of paper mId write "sec continuation sbeet" in the relevant partes). Any continuation sbeet should be 
attached to this form. 
d) For details of the fee and ways to pay please contact the Designs Registry of the Pate7tt Office. 
e) Once you have filled in tbe form you must remember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form 7 IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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Designs Form 8 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rule 36) ~t 
Office 
Request for extension of time to 
complete an application for the 
registration of a design 
(See the notes on the back ofthlsform) 
1. Your reference 
2. Design applicatipn number 
3. Full name of the or of each applicant 
Designs ADP number (i/you know it) 
4. Name of your agent (i/yolI bave one) 
"Address for service" in the United Kingdom 
to which all correspondence should be sent 
(i'lcludillg the postcode) 
Designs ADP number (i/you know It) 
5. How long an extension do you want? 
Write 1, 2 or 3 months 
(See note (c)) 
6. Completion date 
(Write tbe date by U'blch tlJe (lpplicatioll /IIust be 
completed witb the requested extellsion) The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 I RH 
7. I/We request an extension of time to the date given in part 6 abo"c 
8. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom Signature Date 
Designs Form 8 Designs Form 8 
Notes IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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a) If you need help tofill In this form or you have any questions, please contact the Patent Office 0110645500505. 
b) Write your answers In capital letters using black ink or you may type them. 
c) The twelve month period for completing an application may be extended by up to three mOlltbs if YOll pay tbe fee 
for each extra month. 
d) For details of the fee and ways to pay please contact the Designs Registry of the Patent Office. 
e) Once you have filled in tbe form you must remember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form 8 IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
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Designs Form 9A 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rules 3H and 4() 
Application to extend the 
period of protection 
(See the notes 0" tbe back ofthlsform) 
1. Your reference 
2. Registered design number 
3. Full name of the or of each registered 
proprietor 
Designs ADP number (1/.1'011 kllou' It) 
4. Is this application for an extension for a 
second, third, fourth or fifth period? 
Write 2, 3, 4 or 5 
5. When is the extension fee due? 
How many extra months do you want 
if the application for extension is late? 
(See note (c)) 
6. Extension fee £ 
Extra Fee 
(if necessary) 
Total £ 
£ 
7. Full name, address and postcode to which 
we should send the certificate of extension 
Designs ADP number (if),oll k,lOll' it) 
8. 
9. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom ~t 
Office 
Signature Date The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 I RI I 
Designs Form 9A Designs Form 9A 
Notes IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 29 
a) If you need help tofill in thisform or you have any questions, please contact the Patent Office on 0645500505. 
b) Write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type them. 
c) You can make an application on this form during a period of six months after tbe date the extension fee is due, (IS 
long as you pay the extension fee and the extra fee within that period. 
d) You must send the extension fee and any extra fee for a late application with this form. 
e) For details of the fee(s) and ways to pay please contact the Designs Registry of the Patent Office. 
j) Once you have filled in the form you must remember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form 9A IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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Designs Form 12A 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rules 42·4'5) ~t 
Office 
Application to register or give notice of 
rights acquired in a registered design or in 
an application to register a design 
(See tbe "ote." on tbe back oftlJlsform) 
1. Your reference 
2. Design application or registered design 
number(s) 
(See nole (c)) 
Give the total number if more than one 
3. Full name, address and postcode of the or 
of each applicant or proprietor as currently 
appears on the register or application(s) 
Designs ADP number (if you knoll' It) 
4. Full name, address and postcode of the or of 
each person making this application 
(lem'e blank iftbis fs tbe same as gfl1en at purt 3) 
Designs ADP number (if)")/( Imow il) 
5. Basis for this application: 
Give details of the assignment, transmission or 
operation of law affecting the rights in the or in 
each registered design or application identified 
in part 2 above including its date and the 
names of all the parties involved, including 
for corporate bodies the country and, if 
appropriate, state of incorporation. 
(See notes (l/) and (e)) 
6. Name of your agent (ifY(}1I bUlle olle) 
W Address for service" in the United Kingdom 
to which all correspondence should be sent 
(il/cI/lflillg tl}e postcode) 
Designs ADP number (ifYII/I kilO//, it) The Patent Office 
Designs Rcgl!itry 
Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 1 RII 
Designs Form 12A Designs Form 12A 
7. Declaration 
(Name of eacl) slxnalory s/)ollld (1lso be entered. 
(I/ld status If relevant. Sce /lolc (d)) 
8. Name and daytime telephone nllmber of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom 
Notes IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 31 
I/we declare that where design right exists in the or in each 
design mentioned at part 2 above, the person(s) entitled to any 
interest which the applicant is seeking to register by this 
application is/are also entitled to the corresponding interest in 
the design right: 
I/we also confirm that rights as shown in part 5 above have heen 
acquired, and that any necessary stamp duty has been paid. 
Signature(s) Date 
a) If you need belp to fill in tbis fonn or you have any questions, please contact tbe Patent Office 011 0645 500505. 
b) Write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type them. 
c) You may use this form for more than one design if the same request is involved. 
d) Part 7 should be signed and dated by or on behalf of the person(s) making this application. Documentary 
cl'idellce sufficient to establisb tbe assignment, transmission or ojJeration of !tilt' sbm/ld aCC{)111jJ{fI1Y Ibis f{)rm ({ 
in the case of an aSSignment, part 7 is not also signed by or on behalf of the other parties /lamed in part 5. {)r 
in the case of a mortgage or the grant of a licence, it is not also signed by or 011 behalf of the mortgagor or 
grantor of the licence (if 170t tbe person named in part 4). 
e) If there is not enough space for all the relel1atlt details on any part of this fonn, please continue 071 a separate 
sheet of paper and write "see continuation sheet" in the relevant partes). Any continuation sbeet sbould be 
attached to this form . 
.f) The certificate of registration of any design mentioned in part 2 of this form will not be amended because of ((11 
application on this form. So do not return the certijicate(s) with this form. 
g) For details of the fee a11d ways to pay please contact the Designs Registry of the Pate'1t Office. 
b) Once YOll hall(! filled ill the form you must remember to sigil a11d date it. 
Designs Form 12A IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
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Designs Form 16A 
Reglstcred Dcsigns Act 1949 
(Rules 46 ;lnl! 47) 
Request for alteration of name, 
or for correction of error 
(See tbe notes on tbe back oftbisfonll) 
1. Your reference 
2. Design application or registered design 
number(s) 
(See n(}re (L")) 
3. Full name, address and postcode of the or of 
each applicant or proprietor as currently 
appears on the register or application(s) 
Designs ADP number (1/),011 know it) 
4. Full name, address and postcode of personM 
making the request on this form 
(Leal/I! blank 1/ this is tbe same as giue" at part 3) 
Designs ADP number (1/),011 knot£' It) 
5. Give details of new name, if applicable 
(See n(}tes (d), (e) and (g)) 
6. Give details of error to be corrected, if 
applicable 
(Sel! /wfl!S (d) (//Id (j)) II The ratent 
Office 
The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Road 
Nc:wport 
Gwc:nt NP9 I HI t 
Designs Form 16A Designs Form 16A 
7. If this request is to alter the name or 
address, does the alteration apply to rul 
applications or registered designs in that name? 
(Writ€! YF.S or NO) 
8. Name of your agent (I/YOU b(l/'€! Oll€!) 
9. "Address for service" in the United Kingdom 
to which all correspondence should be sent 
(illc!lIdillg tb€! jJostcode) 
Designs ADP number (1/)"1111 kllO/I' It) 
10. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom 
Notes Signature IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 33 
Date 
a) If),Oll need help to fill ill tbisform or you bave any questions, please contact tbe PateHt Office on 0645500505. 
b) Write YOllr ansU'ers i17 cap ita Z letters using black ink or you may type tbem. 
c) You may use this fonn for more tban one application or registered design if the same request is int'oll'ed. 
d) If tbere is not enough space for all the relevant details on any part of tbis form, please continue Oil a separate 
sheet of paper and write "see conti11uation sbeet" in the relevant part. Any continuation sheet sbould be attacbed 
to this form. 
c) YOll should pml'ide pmof of all)' lIame cbal1ges;for example a copy of tbe Certificate of Incorporation 011 a 
cballge of /l(lme. 
j) III tbe case of a request to correct (Ill ermr, eacb person making tbe request mtlst give details of tbe error (file! stale 
bis or her interest in tMs matter unlcss be or sbe is named at part 3. nJis foml I11llst be accompanied by a 
statutor), dee/aration or otber el'idence stating tbe circumstances in u'bich the error occurred. 
g) 17Je certificate of regislraliOlI of an)' design mentioned in part 2 of this fomz will/tot be amended because of Cl 
request to alter a name or address. 50 do not retum the certificate(s) with tbis form if tbat is your on(v request. 
h) For details of tbe fee and ll'a)'s to pay please cOlztact tbe Designs Registry of tbe Patent Office. 
i) Once YOll bal'e filled i11 tbe form YOll m llSt remember to sigil and date it. 
Designs Form 16A IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 34 
Designs Form 19A 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rules 52. 58 and 59) ~t 
Office 
Application or Request for a 
compulsory licence, licence of right 
or cancellation of registration 
(See the notes on tbe back oftbl.'iform) 
1. Your reference 
2. Registered design number 
3. Full name of the or of each registered 
proprietor 
Designs ADP number (if.1'oll kl7ml' it) 
4. Full name, address and postcode of person 
making the application or request on this form 
(l(1(//'e blank if Ibis (s Ihe sam(1 as g(I'(1/1 (It pm'l 3) 
S. Name of your agent (if),oll /)(11'(1 O/W) 
"Address for service" in the United Kingdom 
to which all correspondence should be sent 
(including Ibl! poslcode) 
Designs ADP number (if.l'()lIlwml· it) 
6. Explain the nature of your application or 
request 
7. Write the fee code A or B 
(S('I! 1/0/('$ (c) alld (j)) 
8. Name and da)1ime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom Signature Date The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Hoad 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 I RII 
Designs Form 19A Designs Form 19A 
Notes IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 35 
a) If you 1zeed belp to fill in tbis fonn or you bave any questions, please contact tbe Patent Office on 0645 500505. 
b) Write your answers in capitallette,-s using black ink or you may type tbem. 
c) You can use tblsfonn to apply for: 
i) tbe grant of a compulsory licence in respect of a registered design (fee code A). 
fI) cancellation of tbe registration of a design whicb you do not own (fee code A). 
For both i) and if) you must send a statement setting out tbe nature of your interest, and facts OH whicb YOll re~)'_ 
ill) settlement of the tenns of a licence of right to be granted under a registered desig', (fee code A). 
For /ii) only the person wbo u'mlts tbe licence may apply, and we need a statement setting out tbe proposed terms 
of tbe licence. 
ill) ca11cellation of tbe registration of a desig'z wbfch you do own (fee code B). 
d) If tbere is 1l0t e110ugh space for all tbe relevant details on any part of this form, please continue on a separate 
sbeet of paper and write "see continuation sbeet" in tbe relevant pm-t. Any continuation sheet sbould be attached 
to this form-
(e) W1Jere (c) I), if) or iii) applies, )'Otl must send two copies of this fonn and of the required statement. 
(f) For details of tbe fees and tl'a)'s to pay please contact the Designs Registry of the Patent Office. 
g) Once )IOU hal1e filled in the fonn you must remember to sign and date It. 
Designs Form 19A IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
Page 36 
Designs Form 21 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rule 71) 
Request for search among 
registered designs 
(See the notes on tbe back ofthlsform) 
1. Your reference 
2. Full name. address and postcode to which the 
result of the search is to be sent 
Designs ADP number (i/.I'O/l JU/OII' it) 
3. Give the name of the article to which the 
design shown in the attached representations 
(0,. specimens) has been applied (Sec> nfl/e (d)) 
4. 
5. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom ~t 
Office 
The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 I HII 
Please tell me whether or not the design referred to in part 3 
appears to be identical to. or closely resembles. any registered 
design. Please send me a copy of the representation(s) of any 
such registered design and details of its entry in the register. 
Signature Date 
Designs Form 21 Designs Form 21 
Notes IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 37 
a) /fyou need help to/ill in tbisfonn or you hat1e any questions, please contact tbe Patent Of/ice on 0645500505. 
b) Write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type them. 
c) You can only use tbis form to request a search for a single design. 
d) Send the following with this fonn. 
two representations or specimens of the design; and 
the fee 
e) For details of the fee and ways to pay please contact tbe Designs Registry of tbe Patent Office. 
f) Once you have filled in the form you must remember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form 21 IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 38 
Designs Form 23 
Registered Deslgn~ Act 1949 
(Rule 72) 
Request for certificate of the 
Registrar, or certified copies 
(See tiJe 'IOte." 011 tI}e IJack njtiJIsjn,-",) 
1. Your rderence 
2. Design <lpplication or registered design 
number 
3. Full name of the or of each applicant or 
proprietor of the design as currently appears 
on the register or applicationrs) 
Designs ADP number (I/ytl/l klltl//' it) 
4. \Xtllat do YOll want a certified copy of, 
or what certified extract or certificate do you 
want? 
(See l/o/('s (c) ami (d» 
How many copies do you require? 
S. In the case of certified copies, st<lte whether 
you want the certificate to be "sealed and 
attached" to the document or "impressed" 
on the document? 
(See note (e) 
6. State whether you need the certificate or 
certified copy or extract for legal proceedings, 
for obtaining a registration abroad, or for some 
other reason which you should explain. 
(SI't' IIole (j) ~t 
Office 
The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff RO:ld 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 t Hit 
Designs Form 23 Designs Form 23 
7. Full name, address and postcode in the United 
Kingdom to which we should send the 
certificate(s) or copies 
(/f),Oll bave any special delil1ery'lcollection 
instructions, please give details) 
Designs ADP number (lfyoll knoU' it) 
8. Have you enc:losed the· documents to be 
certified? 
9. If /lot, tbe Registry' l/'ill, If P()ssifJ/e,/)re/J{I re plwt()co/Jies 
(S('e /lote (g)) 
10. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom 
Notes Signature IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
Page 39 
Date 
a) If you need belp to fill in tMs fom2 or you have any questions, please contact tbe Patent Office O1Z 0645 500505. 
b) Write your answers in capital letters using black ink or you may type them. 
c) Only use this form to request the followilzg: 
a certified copy of an ellt1}' in, or a certified extract from, the register 
a certified copy of mly representation, specimen or document kept ill tbe Patent Office, or a certified extract 
from any such document 
a certificate for the pwposes of section 17(9). 
d) If the Registrar is requested to certify particulars of the design, it should be made clear whetber tbe 'Wiliest relates 
to the design as originally filed or as registered. 
e) Certification is "impressed" on documents by a rubber stamp. Otherwise, a separate certificate is sealed to tbe 
documents. For certificates sealed and attached to documents, describe any special reqUirements. 
j) Do not fill in part 6 if you only need certification by rubber stamp. 
g) Items supplied for certification at part 8 must be identical to the corresponding document on the official file. 
h) If there is not enough space f01· all the relevant details on any part of this fonn, please continue on a separate 
sheet of paper and write "see continuation sheet" in the relevant part. Any continuation sheet sbollld be attacbed 
to this fonn. 
i) For details of the fees and ways to pay please contact the Designs Registry of the Patent Office. 
j) Once you have filled i,z the form YOll must I·emember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form 23 IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
Page 40 
Designs Form 29 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rule 41) 
Application to restore 
a registered design 
(See tbe note." on tbe back oftbl.'ifO~') 
1. Your reference 
2. Registered design number 
3. Full name of the or of each proprietor 
Designs ADP number (iJYOII kn,,1t' il) 
4. Full name, address and postcode of the or 
each person applying for restoration, 
(Lemle blank if tbis is tbe same as gilJen at part 3) 
5. Name of your agent (if you balle one) 
M Address for service" in the United Kingdom 
to which all correspondence should be sent 
(illdlldillg (lw jJostcode) 
Designs ADP number (iJ.l'(JIl RIIOI/' it) ~t 
Office 
6, If this application is being made by the proprieror(s), 
do you want the address in Part 5 above to replace 
the address for service currently on the Register? 
(/fso, u'rile 'YES') The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff Road 
Newport 
Gwent NP9 I RH 
7. I/We apply for the above registered design to be restored, 
8. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom Signature Date 
Designs Form 29 Designs Form 29 
Notes IP/N/l/GBRlD/2 
Page 41 
a) If you need help to fill in tbis form or you barle allY questions. please contact tbe Patent Office 011 0645 500505. 
b) Write your allswers In capital letters llsillg black illk or you may type tbem. 
c) You must provide supporting cllidence (i11 tbe form of statutory declarati()n(.~) or aJJidal'it(.~)) ll'itb Ibis form. 
d) You must also file Designs Form lA if you appoint an agent for the first time. or appoi1lt one agent in SlllJStitllti(JIl 
for another. after you have become illl'olved in proceedings before the Designs Registry of the Pate1Zl Office. 
e) For details of the fee and wa),s to pay please contact the Designs Registl)' of tbe PateH! 0JJice. 
J) Once you have filled in this fornl you mllst remember to sign and date it. 
Designs Form 29 IP/N/lIGBRlD/2 
Page 42 
Designs Form 30 
Registered Designs Act 1949 
(Rule 41) 
Fee for restoration of a 
registered design 
(See 'be notes on tbe back of t lJis form) 
1. Your reference 
2. Registered design number 
3. Full name of the or of each registered 
proprietor 
Designs ADP number (i/YOII kllOll" it) 
4. Name of your agent (I/you bCl/le olle) 
5. "Address for service"' in the United Kingdom 
to which all correspondence should be sent 
(incltlding tbe postcode) 
Designs ADP number (i/yolI know it) 
6. Name and daytime telephone number of 
person to contact in the United Kingdom ~t 
Office 
Signature Date The Patent Office 
Designs Registry 
Cardiff ({oad 
Newpc>rt 
Gwent NP9 11tH 
Designs Form 30 Designs Form 30 
Notes IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 43 
a) If you need help tofill in thisform or you have any questions, please comact the Patent Office 0110645500505. 
b) Write your amvers In capital letters using black Ink or you may type them. 
c) You should send the following with this fonn. 
tbe restm"ation fee 
the completed Designs Form 9A and any unpaid extension fee 
d) For details of the fees and ways to pay please contact the Designs Registry of the Patent Office. 
e) Once you have filled ill the form you must remember to Sigtl and date it. 
Designs Form 30 IP/N/1/GBRlD/2 
Page 44 
SCHEDULE 2 
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF DESIGN 
This is to certify that. CERTIFICATE OF 
REGISTRATION OF DESIGN 
Number of Registration 
Date of Registration 
Date of grant of C<!rtificJte 
in pursuance of and subject to the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949. th~ D~sign. of which 
J representation or specimen is attached. has been registered as of the date of r<!gi~trJtion shown above 
in the name of 
in respect of the appiicJtion of the Design to 
Registrar of Designs EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Rules) IP/NI1 IGBRlD/2 
Page 45 
These Rules consolidate, with modifications, the Registered Designs Rules 1989 (SI 1989/1105) 
as amended. In addition to minor amendments, they make the following changes of 
substance-
(a) the forms prescribed under the Registered Designs Act 1949 ("the Act") have been 
reduced in number and modified (rule 4 and Schedule 1); 
(b) revised provision is made in respect of the address for service to be provided by 
applicants for registration and by persons concerned in any proceedings to which any 
of the Rules relate (rule 8); 
(c) revised provision is made in respect of the procedure to be followed by applicants 
when responding to objections made to an application by the registrar (rule 29); 
(d) the provision concerning time limits for completing an application is revised to refer 
also to applications for registration of a design excluded from an earlier application 
(rule 36); 
(e) revised provision is made in respect of applications for the registration of title by any 
person becoming entitled amongst other things by assignment, transmission or 
operation of law (rule 42); 
(t) the provision concerning requests to alter or correct a person's address or address for 
service in the register, or on an application or other document, is revised to require 
also that the relevant entry be identified in the register, application or document 
(rule 46(3)); 
A compliance cost assessment is available, copies of which have been placed in the libraries of 
both Houses of Parliament. Copies of the assessment are also available from the Intellectual 
Property Policy Directorate of the Patent Office, Room 4/3 Hazlitt House, 45 Southampton 
Buildings, London WC2A lAR. 
The Rules take effect on 4 December 1995. 
At the date of making these Rules the address of the Patent Office is Cardiff Road, Newport, 
Gwent NP9 IRH and 25 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A lAY. 
£6.75 net 
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