Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

Part III U.K. Design Right

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 3 modified by S.I. 1989/1100, arts. 3-9, Sch. (as amended (1.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1285, regs. 1(2), 2(2))

Chapter I U.K. Design right in original designs

Qualification for design right protection U.K.

220 Qualification by reference to first marketing. U.K.

(1) A design which does not qualify for design right protection under section 218 or 219 (qualification by reference to designerF1 ... or employer) qualifies for design right protection if the first marketing of articles made to the design—

(a) is by a qualifying person F2 ..., and

(b) takes place in the United Kingdom [F3 or], another country to which this Part extends by virtue of an Order under section 255, F4 ....

(2) If the first marketing of articles made to the design is done jointly by two or more persons, the design qualifies for design right protection if any of those persons meets the [F5 requirement] specified in subsection (1)(a).

(3) In such a case only the persons who meet [F6 that requirement ] are entitled to design right under section 215(4) (first ownership of design right: entitlement of first marketer of articles made to the design).

F7 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 220(1) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 2(2)(g), 24(1) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.

F2 Words in s. 220(1)(a) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 3(4)(a), 24(1) (with s. 3(6)); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.

F3 Word in s. 220(1)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 11(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in s. 220(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 11(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Word in s. 220(2) substituted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 3(4)(b), 24(1) (with s. 3(6)); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.

F6 Words in s. 220(3) substituted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 3(4)(c), 24(1) (with s. 3(6)); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.

F7 S. 220(4) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 3(4)(d), 24(1) (with s. 3(6)); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.