Textual Amendments
F1S. 24A cross-heading substituted (1.10.2017) by Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (c. 14), ss. 4(2), 8; S.I. 2017/771, reg. 2(1)(b) (with reg. 3)
(1)If in any proceedings before the court the validity of the registration of a design is contested, and it is found by the court that the design is [F2, to any extent,] validly registered, the court may certify that the validity of the registration of the design was contested in those proceedings.
(2)Where any such certificate has been granted, then if in any subsequent proceedings before the court for infringement of [F3the right in the registered design] or for [F4invalidation] of the registration of the design, a final order or judgment is made or given in favour of the registered proprietor, he shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be entitled to his costs as between solicitor and client:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to the costs of any appeal in any such proceedings as aforesaid.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 25(1) inserted (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3949, reg. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2) (with transitional provisions in regs. 10-14)
F3Words substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 14
F4Words in s. 25(2) substituted (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3949, reg. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3) (with transitional provisions in regs. 10-14)