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Part 1 U.K.Design

Unregistered design rightU.K.

1Meaning of “design” and “original”U.K.

(1)In section 213(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (unregistered design right: meaning of “design”), in subsection (2), omit “any aspect of”.

(2)In section 51 of that Act (copyright infringement: exception for certain designs), in subsection (3), in the definition of “design”, omit “any aspect of”.

(3)In section 213(4) of that Act (unregistered design right: meaning of “original”)—

(a)after “commonplace” insert “ in a qualifying country ”, and

(b)at the end insert “ ; and “qualifying country” has the meaning given in section 217(3) ”.

(4)Subsection (3) applies only to designs created after the commencement of that subsection.

Commencement Information

I1S. 1 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.